Kaugatuma
Kaugatoma (1977–1997 Kaugatuma) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 6.
Kaugatoma is located on the eastern coast of Kaugatoma Bay (part of the Baltic Sea) where a 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) high and 1.125 kilometres (0.699 mi) long Kaugatoma cliff is situated.
Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Salme Parish. During the reform, village of Mõisaküla was merged into village of Kaugatoma. Formerly (1977–1997), Mõisaküla was also part of Kaugatoma, but 1997–2017 it was a standalone village.
Gallery
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Ancient burial site in Kaugatoma. -
Crinoid fossils in the Kaugatoma cliff.
References
- ^ "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "[KNR] Eesti kohanimeraamat". arhiiv.eki.ee. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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