Osmussaar

Osmussaar (, ) is an Estonian island situated in the mouth of the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea, 7.5 km off the Estonian mainland. Administratively the island is part of Lääne-Nigula Parish in Lääne County. Its area is .

Key facts

Islands.name: Osmussaar
Islands.image_name: Osmussaar 2001.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Limestone cliff on the east coast of Osmussaar
Islands.map_image: Eesti Osmussaar.png
Islands.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Baltic Sea region##Location in Estonia##Location in Europe
Islands.pushpin_map: Scandinavia#Estonia#Europe
Islands.location: Baltic Sea
Islands.area_km2: 4.8
Islands.length_km: 4.6
Islands.width_km: 1.3
Islands.coastline_km: 14
Islands.country: Estonia
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: County
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Lääne County
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Municipality
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Lääne-Nigula Parish
Islands.population: 4
Islands.population_as_of: 2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Country: Estonia
Located in: Lääne-Nigula Rural Municipality
Population: 6
Area: 4.69
Body of water: Baltic Sea
Image: Osmussaar-vaade tuletornist.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Name
History
Geography and geology
Transport and tourism
See also
References

Before the Soviet Union occupied Estonia during World War II, around 130 people, mainly Estonian Swedes, lived on the island. The continuous settlement of Swedes on Osmussaar had dated back for centuries. Currently Osmussaar has only two permanent inhabitants and the island is a nature reserve. Administratively, the entire island of Osmussaar belongs to the village Osmussaare.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osmussaar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.