Letipea

Letipea
Village
Letipea lighthouse
Letipea Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°32′50″N 26°35′56″E / 59.54722°N 26.59889°ECoordinates: 59°32′50″N 26°35′56″E / 59.54722°N 26.59889°E
Country	Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru County
Municipality	Viru-Nigula Parish
Population (01.01.2011[1])
• Total	16

Letipea is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia. It's located on the Letipea cape (Letipea neem), on the coast of Gulf of Finland, about 6 km northeast of the town of Kunda. Letipea has a population of 17 (as of 1 January 2013).^[1]

On 8 August 1976 a conflict between resting workers and drunk Soviet border guards took place in Letipea, resulting the death of 8 and injuring 18.^[2]

Letipea Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi (Sunset Glow Boulder) is the Estonia's biggest pegmatite granite boulder at the tip of Letipea peninsula. It is the largest erratic boulder in the glaciation area of North Europe. Height 7 m, circumference 48.2 m, a volume of 930 m³ and a mass of approx 2500 tonnes.

Gallery

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  Ehalkivi
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  Ehalkivi
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  Ehalkivi
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  Memorial stone of Letipea massacre.

References

1. "Rahvastik" (in Estonian). Viru-Nigula vald.
2. "Estonian Monuments: Death of Letipea Gas Workers" (in Estonian). www.monument.ee.