Lake Kaali description and photos - Estonia: Kuressaare (Topic)

Lake Kaali description and photos - Estonia: Kuressaare. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Lake Kaali.

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On the Saaremaa island, 19 km from the town of Kuressaare, there is the famous Kaali lake, around which all kinds of rumors and legends have been circulating for a long time. Translated from Estonian "kaali" means "rutabaga".

The famous lake is almost round in shape, about 60 meters in diameter, and the bottom relief resembles a funnel. There are several smaller craters near the reservoir.

According to one of the legends, Lake Kaali was formed thanks to the giant hero Suur Talu. According to another version, it was formed on the site of the estate where the brother and sister lived. Once they decided to get married, for which their gods punished: during the wedding ceremony, the estate sank underground, and in its place a lake was formed.

Scientists were interested in the mystery of the origin of the reservoir back in the 19th century. The first to become interested in this question was the German geographer and geologist Lutse, who, however, could not solve this riddle. His compatriot scientist Wangenheim put forward a hypothesis about the volcanic origin of Lake Kaali.

Russian academician EI Eichvald believed that the reservoir was not created by nature, but artificially created by human hands.

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