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Saaremaa (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 58 24 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 58.4130 decimal degrees |
| Long: 022 49 47 E degrees minutes |
Long: 22.8300 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in the East Baltic Sea. Saaremaa was conquered by the Teutonic Knights of the Sword in 1227 CE, and later ruled by Livonian knights until 1560. The island was ruled by Denmark, Sweden, and Russia (from 1721), then passed to Estonia in 1918. |
Names: |
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| Saaremaa (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Sämsala (C,V)
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| Somu Sala (C,V)
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| Sarema, Ostrov (C,V)
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| Sarema (C,O)
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| Sāmu Sala (C,V)
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| Saarenmaa (C,V)
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| Saaremaa, Ostrov (C,V)
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| Saare (C,O)
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| Osel Island (C,V)
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| Ösel, Insel (C,V)
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| Ösel (C,O)
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| Oesel Island (C,V)
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| Oesel (C,O)
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| Ezel', Ostrov (C,V)
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| Ezel' (C,V)
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| Ezel (C,O)
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