The exact time of setting Sõru harbor is unknown. Being located to a strategically
important spot boats and smaller sailing ships have been landing here for at least 600
years. In 1890 a plan was made to build a bridge for the police’s little boat...
Salme river here marks the place of the strait that phased out about 2000 years ago. The peninsula ends with the Sõrve neck and following islets in Irben Strait. The peninsula was first mentioned in 1234 by the name Sworve. The history of the light hous...