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Saaremaa Velotuur is a group race of road cyclists that is oldest in the Nordic countries (held since 1957) and the only international one in the Baltic states. [16] Saaremaa three-day running marathon takes place on the roads around Kuressaare town and Sõrve peninsula.
Saaremaa was the wealthiest county of ancient Estonia and the home of notorious Estonian pirates, sometimes called the Eastern Vikings. The Chronicle of Henry of Livonia describes a fleet of sixteen ships and five hundred Oeselians ravaging the area that is now southern Sweden, then belonging to Denmark.
[2] [3] The two largest islands are Saaremaa (literally, island land), at 2,673 km 2 (1,032 sq mi), and Hiiumaa, at 989 km 2 (382 sq mi). [2] The two islands are favorite Estonian vacation spots. [2] The country's highest point, Suur Munamägi (Egg Mountain), is in the hilly southeast and reaches 318 m (1,043 ft) above sea level. [2]
The archipelago is composed of the islands Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, Muhu, Vormsi and about 900 other smaller islands. [2] The archipelago is separated from the Estonian mainland by the Väinameri Sea . Protected areas
Laevaranna (until 2017 Rannaküla) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. [2] As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 5. [1] Small islet Pihanasv in the Kõiguste Bay (part of the Gulf of Riga) belongs to Laevaranna village.
Saaremaa Parish, also known as Saaremaa Municipality (Estonian: Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality by land area and largest rural municipality – or parish – by population in Estonia. The administrative centre of the municipality is its only town Kuressaare.
Panga Cliff (Estonian: Panga pank) (also Mustjala cliff) is a coastal cliff located on the northern shore of Saaremaa, at the end of the Kuressaare - Võhma road, close to Panga village. It is the highest of the Saaremaa and Muhu cliffs, reaching a height of 20 meters (66 ft). [1] The entire cliff is approximately 2.5 km long. [2]
Viidumäe Nature Reserve (Estonian: Viidumäe looduskaitseala) is a nature reserve situated on Saaremaa in western Estonia, in Saare County. Viidumäre nature reserve consists mostly of pine- and oak-forest, complemented with meadows, bogs and traditionally utilised wooded meadows. The nature reserve is located in the west of Saaremaa, on the ...