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The biggest glacial boulder in Estonia
Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
Ehalkivi is located in EstoniaEhalkiviEhalkivi
Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 59.5498°N 26.5876°E / 59.5498; 26.5876
LocationNear Letipea
Formed bypegmatite
Geologyglacial erratic

Ehalkivi (lit. 'Sunset Glow Boulder') is an erratic boulder in Letipea, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia; for its volume is the largest of kind in Estonia, and one of the largest of kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.

Geologically the boulder is pegmatite.

Dimensions

View from the shore
  • Height: 7.6 m
  • Circumference: 49.6 (measured at 1.5 m from water surface)
  • Volume: 930 m
  • Mass: ca 2,500 t

References

  1. AA.VV. (1989). A Thousand and One Facts about Soviet Estonia. Perioodika. p. 13. ISBN 9785797900856. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ehalkivi". keskkonnaportaal.ee. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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