Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi
Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
	Ehalkivi
	Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 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[edit]

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^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

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

External links[edit]

Media related to Ehalkivi at Wikimedia Commons

[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.

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