Linnusitamaa

{{Short description|Island in Estonia}}

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| name = Linnusitamaa

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| map_image = EE Linnusitamaa.png

| map_caption = Linnusitamaa in the northwestern part of Gulf of Riga

| location = Gulf of Riga

| coordinates = {{Coord|58|07|07|N|22|30|37|E|region:EE-74_type:isle|display=inline,title}}

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| area_ha = 5.07

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| coastline_km = 2.1

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| country = Estonia

| country_admin_divisions_title = County

| country_admin_divisions = Saare County

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipality

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Saaremaa Parish

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Settlement

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Abruka village

| population = 0

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Linnusitamaa (also known as Linnusita saar) is a {{convert|5.07|ha|acre|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Vahase saar|url=http://loodus.keskkonnainfo.ee/webeelis/infoleht.aspx?obj=saar&id=1597638934|publisher=EELIS – Estonian Nature Infosystem|access-date=24 May 2011|language=et|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324054259/http://loodus.keskkonnainfo.ee/webeelis/infoleht.aspx?obj=saar&id=1597638934|archive-date=24 March 2012|url-status=dead}} uninhabited Estonian islet in the Gulf of Riga. It is located about {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}} south of the island of Abruka. Administratively Linnusitamaa belongs to the Abruka village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County. The island is part of the Abruka Nature Reserve.

The name is a curiosity, literally meaning "bird shit land" in Estonian. However, as the Estonian word does not have as offensive connotations as the English equivalent, it would more properly be translated as "guano island".[http://www.saaremaa.ee/index.php?id=585 "The Island of Abruka," Saaremaa.ee]

The New York Times reported that, during the 1905 Russian Revolution against Czarist Russia, Linnusitamaa, like other Baltic islands, declared itself an independent republic.{{cite news |title=Tiny Islands Defying Czar |work=New York Times |date=January 18, 1906 |page=4 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/01/18/120280558.pdf |access-date=14 December 2018 }}

File:Abruka OnEarth WMS.png