Kuksina Hill Explained

Kuksina Hill
Other Name:Estonian: Kuksina mägi
Photo Size:285
Elevation M:212
Location:Meremäe Parish, Võru County, Estonia

Kuksina Hill is the highest top of Vaaksaare upland, the eastern part of Haanja upland, with a height of 212 m over sea level. Kuksina Hill is the highest top of Meremäe rural municipality.[1]

Vaaksaare uplands is a moraine hillock, where agricultural patches alternate with forests and meadows. Kuksina Hill is situated in Kuksina village and is covered by forest. As a tourist object, the highest hill of Meremäe rural municipality is not as important, as Meremäe Hill in the same uplands has a viewing tower near the top. North from the Vaaksaare uplands is fertile loam plain, predominantly arable that reaches up to the Piusa River Valley.[2]

References

57.7271°N 27.3941°W

Notes and References

  1. http://ehitusinfo.ee/index.php?aid=5719 ehitusinfo.ee, retrieved 25.02.2014
  2. J.Eilart, J.Kuusk, E.Laugaste..."Kas tunned maad", Eesti Raamat, Tallinn, 1965