Dago

Dago, an island near the entrance of the Gulf of Finland, forming part of the Russian government of Esthonia, and separated by the narrow channel called Sele-sund from the island of Oesel on the south. Area, 367 sq. m.; pop. 15,000, of whom one-third are Swedes and Germans. The coast is rugged, and the soil fertile only in the south and south-west; inland there are large forests and swamps (54 sq. m.).