we will return). About 2000 years ago, #Kopli was half peninsula and half island, and #Paljassaar was represented by maybe half an inch of Suur-Karli, at low tide. One thousand years later, Kopli had grown into a fully-formed #peninsula and #VäikeKarli was a few hundred meters long, which
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not even there. Neither was #Tallinn. #Kopli began appearing about 4-5000 years ago, and #Paljassaar only came into existence a 100-odd years ago, emerging first from two islands, #SuurKarli and #VäikeKarli, or der große Karl and der kleine Karl (big & little Charles, they say, a point to which
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#Paljassaare #asum (Paljassaar)
Bare or bleak island. Northernmost Sub-district of #PõhjaTallinn, #Paljassaar is as much peninsula, road, harbor, bird reserve as host to Tallinn’s primary sewage plant with 20 settling tanks and 200,000 m² of sludge-drying beds. It was also, 10,000 years ago,
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Map of Livonia dating to the 16th or 17th century showing today's Baltic states as then perceived, with Paljassaare's Suur-Kaarli and Väike-Kaarli (big & little ‘Charles’) islands somewhere off the coast of Memel, today's Klaipeda, Lithuania.

Woltemate’s updside-down (but presented "normally" for better understanding) 1689 map of Paljassaare with the names of Suur-Kaarli and Väike-Kaarli (big & little ‘Charles’) islands indicated.

Holmberg’s 1689 map of Paljassaare with the Suur-Kaarli and Väike-Kaarli (big & little ‘Charles’) islands depicted and named Kahl and perhaps Holmar.

Franckenberg's updside-down 1726 map showing the islands and sandbanks stretching nearly all the way to Kopli.

#Paljassaare (Paljassaar) #Asum
#Tallinn #PõhjaTallinn
Bare, bleak island. #Paljassaar is as much peninsula, District, road, harbor, bird reserve as host to...
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