Kaugatoma

Village in Estonia

Village in Saare County, Estonia

58°07′33″N 22°12′05″E / 58.125833333333°N 22.201388888889°E / 58.125833333333; 22.201388888889CountryEstoniaCountySaare CountyMunicipalitySaaremaa ParishPopulation

(2011 Census^[1])

• Total6

Kaugatoma (1977–1997 Kaugatuma^{[citation needed]}) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa.^[2] As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 6.^[1]

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.^[3]

Gallery

Ancient burial site in Kaugatoma.
Crinoid fossils in the Kaugatoma cliff.

References

^ ^a ^b "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.