# Letipea

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{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Letipea
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| settlement_type    = [Village](/source/Populated_places_in_Estonia)
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| image_caption      = Letipea lighthouse
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| subdivision_type   = Country
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| subdivision_type1  = [County](/source/Counties_of_Estonia)
| subdivision_name1  = 24px [Lääne-Viru County](/source/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Viru_County)
| subdivision_type2  = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Estonia)
| subdivision_name2  = 18px [Viru-Nigula Parish](/source/Viru-Nigula_Parish)
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| population_total   = 17
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'''Letipea''' is a village in [Viru-Nigula Parish](/source/Viru-Nigula_Parish), [Lääne-Viru County](/source/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Viru_County), northern [Estonia](/source/Estonia).<ref>{{EHAK|4305}} (retrieved 28 July 2021)</ref> It is located on the [Letipea cape](/source/Letipea_cape) (Letipea neem) on the coast of the [Gulf of Finland](/source/Gulf_of_Finland) about 6&nbsp;km northeast of the town of [Kunda](/source/Kunda%2C_Estonia). Letipea has a population of 17 (as of 1 January 2013).<ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Rahvastik |url=http://www.viru-nigula.ee/index.php?id=233 |publisher=Viru-Nigula vald |language=Estonian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131159/http://www.viru-nigula.ee/index.php?id=233 |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

On 8 August 1976, a [conflict](/source/Letipea_massacre) between resting workers and drunk [Soviet border guards](/source/Soviet_Border_Troops) took place in Letipea, resulting in the death of 8 people, with 18 more being injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Estonian Monuments: Death of Letipea Gas Workers|url=http://www.monument.ee/viru-nigula-vald/letipea-hukkunud-gaasitootajad|publisher=www.monument.ee|language=Estonian}}</ref>

[Letipea Landscape Conservation Area](/source/Letipea_Landscape_Conservation_Area) (area 608.8 ha) was founded on 30 January 1992. It was proposed by Marek Vahula and others in 3 days, as a bird reserve instead of a building plan of the port of [Kunda](/source/Kunda_(river)). Since 2009, it has been a possible location for the Estonian nuclear power station. 

==Letipea Ehalkivi==
{{see also|Glacial erratic boulders of Estonia}}
Ehalkivi (Sunset Glow Boulder) is Estonia's biggest pegmatite granite boulder, at the tip of the Letipea peninsula. It is the largest [erratic boulder](/source/glacial_erratic) in the glaciation region of North Europe. It measures 7 meters in height, a circumference of 48.2 m, a volume of 930 m<sup>3</sup>, and a mass of approximately 2,500 tonnes.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Letipea coast - panoramio.jpg|Coast at Letipea
File:Ehalkivi1.jpg|Ehalkivi
File:Ehalkivi 2.jpg|Ehalkivi
File:Ehalkivi2.jpg|Ehalkivi
File:Letipea ohvrite mälestuskivi.jpg|Memorial stone of [Letipea massacre](/source/Letipea_massacre).
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[Letipea Lighthouse](/source/Letipea_Lighthouse)
*[Letipea Landscape Conservation Area](/source/Letipea_Landscape_Conservation_Area)
*[Letipea massacre](/source/Letipea_massacre)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Viru-Nigula Parish}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Letipea}}
Category:Villages in Lääne-Viru County
Category:Kreis Wierland

{{LääneViru-geo-stub}}

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