Nootamaa Knowpia

58°19′20″N 21°45′51″E / 58.32222°N 21.76417°E / 58.32222; 21.76417

Nootamaa is a small, uninhabited island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. It marks the westernmost part of Estonia's territorial boundary.

Nootamaa has an area of 59,000 sq metres and lies off the extreme western coast of the island of Saaremaa. Together with some other forty islands and islets, it makes up the Vilsandi National Park - an area of ecological protection for birds.^[1]

Nootamaa belongs administratively to the rural village of Atla in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County. The island is depicted on the Estonian two euro coin.^[2]

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^ Eesti Loodus: Vilsandi väikesaared pole veel valmis (in Estonian)
^ Images and explanation on Euro Coin Collector website which notes “On the 2 Euro coin two small islands, Vaindloo and Nootamaa, are depicted. These, the most Northerly point and most Westerly point of Estonia are not depicted on the other coins.”

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[1] Eesti Loodus: Vilsandi väikesaared pole veel valmis (in Estonian)

[2] Images and explanation on Euro Coin Collector website which notes “On the 2 Euro coin two small islands, Vaindloo and Nootamaa, are depicted. These, the most Northerly point and most Westerly point of Estonia are not depicted on the other coins.”

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