Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 59.5498°N 26.5876°E / 59.5498; 26.5876

Ehalkivi

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Ehalkivi
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LocationNear Letipea
Formed bypegmatite
Geologyglacial erratic

Ehalkivi (lit.'Sunset Glow Boulder') is an erratic boulder in Letipea, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia; for its volume is the largest of its kind in Estonia,[1] and one of the largest of its kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.[2]

Geologically the boulder had originally formed as a pegmatite-type intrusive magmatic rock.[2]

Dimensions

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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[citation needed]

References

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