The Baltic Klint
It runs from Sweden to Russia and is exposed here straight onto the sea.
Hannu — Public domain · Liilia Moroz — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Laima Gūtmane (simka) — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Modris Putns — CC BY-SA 3.0
A limestone cliff about thirty metres high dropping straight to the Gulf of Finland, some thirty kilometres west of Tallinn. The cliff is part of the Baltic Klint, a long escarpment running from Sweden through Estonia into Russia, marking the edge of a limestone plateau formed on the floor of an ancient sea around four hundred and fifty million years ago. Along much of its length the klint is buried or low, and here it is exposed sharply straight onto the sea. The layers visible in the cliff face are successive marine sediments containing small marine fossils, which makes the site geologically readable by eye for anyone who knows what they are looking at. The view from the top is completely open across the gulf, and sunset here is among the region's best-known sights. Decisive practical points: the edge is entirely unsecured — no barriers, no railings — the limestone is friable and crumbles at the lip, and sections of it have collapsed. Do not approach the edge or sit on it for photographs, and keep children well back. Access is by car, with parking close to the edge.
It runs from Sweden to Russia and is exposed here straight onto the sea.
The cliff's layers are marine sediments holding small fossils.
A completely clear horizon over the gulf — the area's best-known sight.
West of Tallinn, Gulf of Finland coast
Genuinely rather than theoretically dangerous. The limestone crumbles, the lip erodes continuously and sections have collapsed. There are no barriers and no rescue nearby. The safe distance is several metres back, and the photographs you see of people sitting on the edge are exactly what not to do.
The Harjumaa coast west of Tallinn: the nearby Keila waterfall, the Rannamõisa cliff, and the Pakri peninsula with its higher cliff. The whole area is a day's drive from Tallinn, and its cliffs are the clearest exposed sections of the Baltic Klint in Estonia.
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