Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
Ehalkivi is located in Estonia
Ehalkivi
Ehalkivi
Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 59.5498°N 26.5876°E / 59.5498; 26.5876
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 kind in Estonia,[1] and one of the largest of kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.[2]

Geologically the boulder is pegmatite.[2]

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