Kõrgelaid

Kõrgelaid is a small, uninhabited, moraine-based island in the Baltic Sea, belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates coord|58|45|09|N|23|05|35|E|. [ [http://wikimapia.org/6173065/K%C3%B5rgelaid Wikimapia.org] ]

Kõrgelaid lies off the western coast of the Estonian mainland between the islands of Hiiumaa and Muhu. It is admistered by Hiiu County. The island encompasses roughly 16 hectares and is part of the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve. [ [http://www.laiud.hiiuloodus.ee/english/index.html Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve] ]

Kõrgelaid had previously been inhabited and even offered travelers inns in which stay. The island has now been uninhabited for several decades. [ [http://www.laiud.hiiuloodus.ee/english/index.html Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve] ] In 2000, the island was the location for a reality television show entitled "Robinson", in which five Estonians, five Latvians and five Lithuanians competed against one another in a series survival challenges. [ [http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/2487/ "Baltic Times: Baltics to cash in on reality-based TV craze". August 31, 2000] ]

External links

* [http://travelingluck.com/Europe/Estonia/Hiiumaa/_591120_K%C3%B5rgelaid.html#local_map Map of Kõrgelaid]

References

ee also

List of islands of Estonia