Ehalkivi

Ehalkivi
Glacial erratic
Ehalkivi
Coordinates: 59°32′59″N 26°35′15″E / 59.5498°N 26.5876°E / 59.5498; 26.5876
LocationNear Letipea
Formed bypegmatite
Geologyglacial erratic

Ehalkivi (lit. 'Sunset Glow Boulder') is an erratic boulder in Letipea, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia; for its volume is the largest of its kind in Estonia, and one of the largest of its kind in the glaciation area of North Europe.

Geologically the boulder had originally formed as a pegmatite-type intrusive magmatic rock.

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