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Meremäe Hill
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Meremäe Hill (204 m above the sea level) is one of the highest elevations of the Vaaksaare Upland in the eastern part of the Haanja Heights. Together with Kuksina Hill (212 m above the sea level) they are the highest peaks of the Vaaksaare Upland. According to folk tradition, the hill got its name (Hill of the Sea) because of the sight over the surrounding area it offers; in good weather viewer’s eye can even spot Lake Peipsi in the distance. A wide panorama of 50-70 kms opens up from the Meremäe, Kalatsov and Kuksina hills. Kuksina Hill offers a picturesque view over the Haanja Heights and Kalatsova Hill - over the Otepää Heights. To the east of Meremäe Hill the eye catches the Tiirhanna limestone denudation and then in a line from left to right the highest peaks in the town of Pechory: the TV-tower, the chimney of the ceramics plant, the greyish tower of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church and the round gilt cupola of Pechorsky Monastery. Lake Pihkva can be spotted between the TV-tower and St. Peter’s Church. Behind the TV-tower are the hillocks of the Mustoja landscape protection area. In the south-east are the heights of the village of Polesje located by the Pechory-Izborsk road. With favourable weather conditions, even the smoke from the chimneys of the New-Izborsk plaster plant is visible.
 
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