Letipea

picture info	Letipea Letipea is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia. 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). On 8 August 1976, a tragic 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. Letipea Landscape Conservation Area (area 608,8 ha) was founded on 30 January 1992. It was proposed by Marek Vahula and others with 3 days, as a bird reserve instead of building plan of the port of Kunda. Letipea is since 2009 lively as possible location of the Estonian nuclear power station. Letipea Ehalkivi Ehalkivi (Sunset Glow Boulder) is Estonia's biggest pegmatite granite boulder, at the tip of the Letipea peninsula. It is the largest erratic boulder in the glaciation region of North Europe. It measures 7m in height, a cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Letipea Lighthouse __NOTOC__ Letipea Lighthouse (Estonian: ''Letipea tuletorn'') is a lighthouse located in Letipea Point, Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in Estonia. The lighthouse has a height of fifteen metres. See also * List of lighthouses in Estonia This is a list of lighthouses in Estonia. Lighthouses See also * Lists of lighthouses References External links * {{Lighthouses in Europe Lists of lighthouses, Estonia Lighthouses in Estonia, * Estonia transport-related lis ... References External links * Lighthouses completed in 1951 Resort architecture in Estonia Lighthouses in Estonia Viru-Nigula Parish Buildings and structures in Lääne-Viru County {{Europe-lighthouse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Letipea Massacre The Letipea massacre was a mass shooting of civilians by the Soviet armed forces that took place on 8 August 1976 in Letipea, Estonia, at the time part of the USSR. It resulted from a conflict between gas company workers who were having a picnic there, and drunken Soviet border guards The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national .... One of the border guards opened fire with an assault rifle, killing nine people at the picnic and wounding 13. In addition, he shot at one of the border guards who had come to stop him, who later died in hospital. In the end, the shooter committed suicide by shooting himself in the face. The commander of the border guard unit, who took responsibility, reportedly also committed suicide. Memorial A memorial stone was erected for the victims of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Letipea Landscape Conservation Area Letipea Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park is located in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. Its area is 609 ha. The protected area was founded in 1992 as a ''Letipea Letipea is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia. 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 o ... bird conservation area''. In 2000, the protected area was designated to the landscape conservation area. References {{Nature reserves of Estonia Nature reserves in Estonia Geography of Lääne-Viru County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Letipea Cape ''This is list of peninsulas and Cape (geography), capes in Estonia. The list is incomplete.'' References {{Europe topic, List of peninsulas of Lists of landforms of Estonia, Peninsulas Peninsulas of Estonia, Lists of peninsulas, Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]