Langekare is a small, uninhabited Baltic Sea island belonging to the country of Estonia. Its coordinates are 58°48′21″N 23°09′03″E / 58.80583°N 23.15083°E [1]
Langekare is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) island lying off the eastern coast off the larger Estonian island of Hiiumaa and is administered by Pühalepa Parish, Hiiu County. Along with a number of other small islands and islets, it makes up the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve (Estonian: Hiiumaa laidude kaitseala). It is the only island of the reserve being a limestone-based island, the rest of the islands being moraine-based.[2]
Langekare is also part of the World Commission on Protected Areas.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tageo.com
- ^ "Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve". Archived from the original on 2009-12-21. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
- ^ World Commission On Protected Areas: World Database on Protected Areas[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- Map of the Hiiumaa Islets Landscape Reserve Archived 2009-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
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