Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi
Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
	Ehalkivi Location within Estonia
	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 its kind in Estonia, and one of the largest of its kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.

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

Dimensions

Height: 7.6 m
Circumference: 49.6 (measured at 1.5 m from water surface)
Volume: 930 m³
Mass: ca 2,500 t^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ AA.VV. (1989). A Thousand and One Facts about Soviet Estonia. Perioodika. p. 13. ISBN 9785797900856. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
1 2 3 4 5 "Ehalkivi". keskkonnaportaal.ee. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

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[1] AA.VV. (1989). A Thousand and One Facts about Soviet Estonia. Perioodika. p. 13. ISBN 9785797900856. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[keskkonnaportaal.ee-2] 1 2 3 4 5 "Ehalkivi". keskkonnaportaal.ee. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic

Ehalkivi Location within Estonia
Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 59.5498°N 26.5876°E / 59.5498; 26.5876
Location	Near Letipea
Formed by	pegmatite
Geology	glacial erratic