Suur Munamägi (; translation 'Big Egg Mountain') is the highest peak in
Estonia
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(and the
Baltic states), reaching above
sea level
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. It is located near the village of
Haanja, in
Võru County
Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...
in the southeastern corner of Estonia, close to the borders of both
Latvia
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and
Russia
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. The landscape around the peak—the
Haanja Upland—is gently hilly.
Name
Suur Munamägi was attested in historical sources as ''Munna Mäggi'' in 1790, and as ''Mun̄a Mäggi'' and ''Eyer Berg'' in 1798. The name derives from comparison of its rounded shape with an egg (). The metaphor is frequent in oronyms because there are at least 19 hills named ''Munamägi'' in the historical county of
Võrumaa.
Tower
The
Suur Munamägi Tower is located at the top of the peak.
File:Sügisesära Munamäe jalamil.jpg, Mount Suur Munamägi in southern Estonia
File:Haanja kõrgustik.jpg, Suur Munamägi in southern Estonia
File:Haanja Upland.jpg, Hilly and forested landscape around Suur Munamägi
File:Suur-Munamäe vaatetorn.jpg, Suur Munamägi Tower
See also
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Extreme points of Estonia
References
External links
Suur Munamägi websiteGallery of the tower
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Hills of Estonia
Rõuge Parish
Landforms of Võru County
Tourist attractions in Võru County
Highest points of countries