Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi
Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
	Ehalkivi
	Coordinates: 59.5498°N 26.5876°E
Location	Near Letipea
Formed by	pegmatite
Geology	glacial 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,[1] and one of the largest of kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.[2]

Geologically the boulder is pegmatite.[2]

Dimensions

View from the shore

Height: 7.6 m[2]
Circumference: 49.6 (measured at 1.5 m from water surface)[2]
Volume: 930 m³[2]
Mass: ca 2,500 t

References

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

External links

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[1] AA.VV. (1989). A Thousand and One Facts about Soviet Estonia. Perioodika. p. 13. ISBN 9785797900856. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[keskkonnaportaal.ee-2] "Ehalkivi". keskkonnaportaal.ee. Retrieved 6 March 2022.