Pakri Peninsula extends from northwestern mainland

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

Harju County Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the sou ...

into the

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

. Its length is 12 km and its area is about 40 km2. Portions of the peninsula were protected in 1998 as the

Pakri Landscape Conservation Area Pakri Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park which is located in Harju County, Estonia. The area of the nature park is 3164 ha. The protected area was founded in 1998 to protect landscapes and biodiversity of Pakri Islands , imag ...

on the basis of its unique geological features, valuable communities of flora and fauna, and historic interest. The port town of

Paldiski Paldiski is a town and Baltic Sea port situated on the Pakri Peninsula of northwestern Estonia. Since 2017, it's the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish of Harju County. Previously a village of Estonia-Swedes known by the historical ...

is located on the peninsula.

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*Lichens and their substrate preferences on the Pakri Peninsula (Northwest Estonia

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

. Peninsulas of Estonia Landforms of Harju County {{Estonia-geo-stub