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A new map completed by the Estonian Land Board has found that although the country has 95 more islands than previously believed, the land area of the country has shrunk by 4 km2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Every eight years the Estonian Land Board maps the country\u2019s coastline, which is changing as a result of erosion and post-glacial rebound. The results of the latest study, which uses aerial images, found that the number of islands in Estonian waters has risen from 2222, to 2317 \u2013 an increase of 95. However, the overall size of the country had shrunk by 4 km2<\/sup>, to 45,335 km2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe shoreline of the Baltic Sea is constantly changing. The shoreline is affected by post-ice age land uplift, as a result of which the ground surface rises, as well as by continuous coastal erosion and accretion processes, which are particularly intense with storms,\u201d explained Lea Pauts<\/strong>, Head of the Land Board\u2019s <\/span>Spatial Data Department to<\/span> ERR<\/span><\/a>.<\/span> <\/p>\n Paut added that the difference in both the size of Estonia and the number of new islands can be explained by better data and more accurate mapping techniques.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new map completed by the Estonian Land Board has found that although the country has 95 more islands … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":130035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45,50],"tags":[13673,16710,21051,21052,21053,21054,21055],"class_list":["post-130034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-estonia","tag-estonian-islands","tag-land-board","tag-coastal-erosion","tag-estonia-size","tag-lea-pauts","tag-estonia-number-of-islands","tag-size-of-estonia"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t