Abruka

Abruka is an 8.78 km2 Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga, 4 km south of the island of Saaremaa.

Together with few neighbouring smaller islands Abruka forms the village of Abruka, which is part of Saaremaa Parish, Saare County. The village has a population of 33 and an area of 10.1 km2.

The first records about the population on Abruka originate from the Middle Ages, when the Bishop of Ösel-Wiek founded a horse breeding manor there. Permanent population developed in the 18th century. 1881–1972 an elementary school operated on Abruka.Abruka is the site of a Central European-type broadleaf forest, which is rare in the region. To protect this a nature reserve was created in 1937.