Letipea | |
|---|---|
 Letipea lighthouse | |
  Letipea Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°32′50″N 26°35′56″E / 59.54722°N 26.59889°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Lääne-Viru County |
| Municipality |  Viru-Nigula Parish |
| Population (2013[1]) | |
| • Total | 17 |
Letipea is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia.[2] It is located on the Letipea cape (Letipea neem) on the coast of the 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 in the death of 8 people, with 18 more being injured.[3]
Letipea Landscape Conservation Area (area 608.8 ha) was founded on 30 January 1992. It was proposed by Marek Vahula and others in 3 days, as a bird reserve instead of a building plan of the port of Kunda. Since 2009, it has been a possible location for the Estonian nuclear power station.
- ^ a b "Rahvastik" (in Estonian). Viru-Nigula vald. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ "Estonian Monuments: Death of Letipea Gas Workers" (in Estonian). www.monument.ee.