Saatse Boot

Former Värska Parish, with the Saatse Boot marked by the circle on the northeastern border. The road crossing through Russia is marked in yellow.

The Saatse Boot (Estonian: Saatse saabas; Russian: Саатсеский сапог) is a boot-shaped area of Russian territory of 115 hectares (280 acres) that extends through the road number 178 between the Estonian villages of Lutepää and Sesniki (themselves between the larger settlement Värska and village of Saatse) in Setomaa Parish.

Map of Lutepää Triangle and Saatse Boot.
Road 178 crossing the Russian border at Lutepää Triangle.
Saatse Boot sign for one of the two parts where it goes through Russian territory