Kõverlaid

Kõverlaid (alternate name: Keverilaid) [ [http://tierra.meteored.com/earth_Koverlaid_591059_EE_ing.html Meterored.com] ] is a small, moraine-based Baltic Sea island belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are coord|58|49|01|N|23|04|46|E| [ [http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/estonia/map/m3615024/koverlaid.html Traveljournals.net] ]

Kõverlaid covers approximately 29 hectares and lies approximately eleven kilometers from the coast of the island of Hiiumaa, four kilomters west of the island of Kõrgelaid, and approximately three kilomters northwest of the island of Ahelaid in the small Väinameri Sea, or Moonsund archipelago. [ [http://www.estonica.org/eng/lugu.html?menyy_id=558&kateg=10&alam=71&leht=2 Estonica. Nature: The Baltic Sea] ] Kõverlaid is, with a number of small islands and islets, part of the Hiiumaa Islets Nature Reserve (Estonian: "Hiiumaa laidude maastikukaitseala"). [ [http://www.laiud.hiiuloodus.ee/laiud_koverlaid.html Hiiumaa Islets Nature Reserve] ] Kõverlaid is administered by Hiiu County.

Despite its small size, the island boasts numerous flora and fauna; [Haide-Ene Rebassoo. "Laidude raamat", Tallinn 1972] pine, birch and juniper stands are abundant and wild boar, red foxes and moose are found on the island. [Haide-Ene Rebassoo. "Laidude raamat", Tallinn 1972] The island is also an important breeding area for many bird species.

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External links

* [http://www.laiud.hiiuloodus.ee/index.html Hiiumaa Islets Nature Reserve]
* [http://www.saareviikingid.ee/retk2003/38Koverlaiu%20rannik.html View of a beach on Kõverlaid]

ee also

List of islands of Estonia