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Hill in Estonia
Kuksina Hill
Kuksina mägi
Kuksina Hill
Highest point
Elevation212 m (696 ft)
Coordinates57°43′37.44″N 27°23′38.77″E / 57.7270667°N 27.3941028°E / 57.7270667; 27.3941028
Geography
LocationMeremäe Parish, Võru County, Estonia

Kuksina Hill is the highest top of Vaaksaare upland, the eastern part of Haanja upland, with a height of 212 m over sea level. Kuksina Hill is the highest top of Meremäe rural municipality.

Vaaksaare uplands is a moraine hillock, where agricultural patches alternate with forests and meadows. Kuksina Hill is situated in Kuksina village and is covered by forest. As a tourist object, the highest hill of Meremäe rural municipality is not as important, as Meremäe Hill in the same uplands has a viewing tower near the top. North from the Vaaksaare uplands is fertile loam plain, predominantly arable that reaches up to the Piusa River Valley.

References

  1. ehitusinfo.ee, retrieved 25.02.2014
  2. J.Eilart, J.Kuusk, E.Laugaste..."Kas tunned maad", Eesti Raamat, Tallinn, 1965

57°43′37.44″N 27°23′38.77″E / 57.7270667°N 27.3941028°E / 57.7270667; 27.3941028

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