Letipea
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Letipea lighthouse
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| 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.
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Ehalkivi1.jpg
Ehalkivi
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Ehalkivi
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Ehalkivi
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Letipea ohvrite mälestuskivi.jpg
Memorial stone of Letipea massacre.
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