Kaali Meteoritics & Limestone Museum

Western Estonia & the Islands


A small museum devoted to the nearby meteorite crater with displays of meteorite fragments and fossils, and a film explaining the Kaali impact.


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6. St Nicholas' Orthodox Church

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7. Kuressaare Episcopal Castle

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