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Kaali Meteorite Crater

Kaali meteoriidikraater

The Kaali meteorite crater is the result of a meteorite impact possibly in the 8th century BC. It is about 100 meters wide and 20 meters deep. The crater walls are covered with trees and vegetation. A path around the rim of the crater allows you to observe it from all sides.

The walls of the crater have been used as a fortress in the middle ages. The crater is also part of many Estonian myths and stories. More recently a famous children story writer in Estonia, Henno Käo, wrote a story involving a comet and this crater. I bought the book, in Estonian nonetheless, in the hope that it would help me to learn the language.

This place is definitively worth visiting if you are on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. It is very close to the main road to the island's capital Kuressaare.

Photo of the crater taken in 2004.

During the summer of 2006 the crater was nearly dry.

Facts about Kaali crater and the other small craters in the neighborhood.

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