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but this may well be a local adaptation of international sailor-speak, poss. a felsenmeer), Virukari (see Viru, poss. ditto, vaguely), Pihlakakari (see Pihlaka, with a Rohuneeme in front to differentiate it from the Pihlakakari 500 m NW on Kräsuli) and lastly, before I get to Russia, Kabelikari (chapel or cemetery) on the E of Rohuneeme which could be a point, shoal, felsenmeer or who knows what, and Kure kari, both of the moderate protuberance species. Before we leave the mainland for the unbecoconutted isles of the Baltic, we take a quick look at the Suurupi poolsaar, in Harku maakond (county) with its fair suburban names of Oktett, Konstruktor, and Kratt-3 and Kratt-4 (Kratt-1 was already taken by Haabersti, and Kratt on its own by Pirita, and is an interesting name in its own right: this vaguely golemesque creature was created by its owner out of wisps of hay, sauna whisks or random bits ’n bobs and brought to life by a contract with the devil and payment of 3 drops of blood [cheats used blackcurrant]; the creature’s main task was to nick things for the owner, grain, loose change, etc., zipping around on its own internal combustion system [but see November, film by Rainer Sarnet after book by Andrus Kivirähk], the trouble was, and there always is, that the Kratt had to keep on doing his master’s bidding or would start doing things against him, so it would be asked to do impossible tasks such as explain the Estonian saav kääne [translative case] to a duck and, inevitably failing, would burst into flames and self-destruct [see Komeedi], the same term is used as modern metaphor; essentially, if you have a problem, Kratt will resolve it and today’s Estonians define it as “an artificial intelligence system based on a software algorithm that is autonomous, learnable, and performs traditional human actions” [en.kratid.ee]; fine, but why not call it a pixelpixie?