Estonia

Estonia (Eesti in Estonian) is situated on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, and has a total area of about 45,000 square kilometres.  It is bordered to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the north by Finland, to the east by the Russian Federation and to the south by Latvia.  For further details, see the Wikipedia article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia. 

The country consists of the following main geographical areas.:

Off the western coast of the mainland lie two large low-lying islands - Saaremaa (about 2,600 square kilometres) and Hiiumaa (about 980 square kilometres).  The western part of the mainland is a low-lying coastal plain.  In the east of the country are three areas of low upland territory.  In the north is the Pandivere Upland , (Pandivere Kõrgustik in Estonian), an erosional moraine upland on limestone bedrock.  Further south is the Otepää Upland (Otepää Kõrgustik in Estonian), an accumulative upland built up of glacial and alluvial sediments.  In the far south, and stretching across the Latvian frontier (where it is called the Aluksne Upland), is the Haanja Upland (Haanja Kõrgustik in Estonian), which is also an accumulative upland.   In the far east is a large lake, forming much of the border with the Russian Federation.  This is Lake Peipus, with a surface area of about 3,500 square kilometres.  

  The highest and most prominent hill in Estonia is Suur Munamägi, in the Haanja Upland.  This has a height of 318.1 metres, and a prominence of c.218 metres.  This is also the highest point in all three of the Baltic States.    

 There are three hills in the country that have at least 100 metres of prominence. 

 A list of the hills of at least 100 metres of prominence is downloadable below.

Hills listed here:

• Hills of Estonia to 100m of drop/prominence - see attached list below. 

• Hills of The Baltic States to 100m of drop/prominence – downloadable leaflet – see attachment below.