Kuivastu is a village on the eastern coast of the

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, an ...

n island Muhu. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Kuivastu Harbour is the primary gateway to the biggest Estonian island

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the isla ...

(Muhu and Saaremaa are distinct islands, but are connected by a causeway

Väinatamm Väinatamm is the name of the largest causeway in Estonia on the Estonian national road 10. The causeway, opened in 1896, connects the island of Muhu, located between Saaremaa and the continent, with Saaremaa. Construction of the causeway cut th ...

). The corresponding harbour on the continental side is situated in

Virtsu Virtsu is a small borough (') in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia. It lies on the western coast of continental Estonia, and is a location of the main port for traffic to and from Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia. The Virtsu f ...

. Kuivastu administratively belongs to

Muhu Parish Muhu Parish ( et, Muhu vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Saare County. It has a population of 1876 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of . Geography Muhu Parish is located on Muhu or Muhumaa and its neighbouring smaller islands of ...

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, A ...

. In 2000, the village had a population of 73. Kuivastu was the location of Kuivastu Manor (''Kuiwast''). Poet, translator, linguist and folklorist

Villem Grünthal-Ridala Villem Grünthal-Ridala, born Grünthal-Wilhelm (30 May 1885 in Kuivastu, Muhu, Kreis Ösel, Governorate of Livonia - 16 January 1942 in Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian poet, translator, linguist and folklorist.Toivo Miljan, ''Historical ...

(1885–1942) was born at Kuivastu tavern.

Gallery

Kuivastu070911.jpg, Kuivastu Harbour Kuivastu sadam.JPG,

In popular culture

Kuivastu, referred to as Kuivast, is described by English adventurer-writer Arthur Ransome in his nautical yarn ''

Racundra's First Cruise ''Racundra's First Cruise'' is the first book about sailing written by Arthur Ransome, author of the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series. It describes a trip he made across the Baltic Sea from Riga in Latvia to Helsinki in Finland and back in a 9 metr ...

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Kuivastu Harbour
Villages in Saare County Populated coastal places in Estonia {{Saare-geo-stub