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Islands Kornati-SAILING and DIVING IDEAL:
National park with 89 islands, islets and reefs!
This islands are ideal for sailing and diving. Between those 89 islands we can extract some best for divers.
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Olib is very low Island, east from Silba, with area of 26 sq. kilometers. The port Olib, the only anchorage on the island, is on the western coast. The Slatnica cove is much shallower. The eastern and southern part of the island is covered by rich vegetation (ilex forest) and vast pastures. The products of the inhabitants are wine, oil and cheese. |
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It is the island between Olib and Premuda with the area of 14.9 sq. kilometers. It has picturesque gravel and sand beaches and numerous coves. The only settlement on the island is Silba. The island has permanent ship connection with Zadar, Rijeka and Pula. |
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Located between Dugi Otok and Ugljan, with area of 17.6 sq. kilometers. It is surrounded with about ten small picturesque islands, and the settlements are Mali and Veli Iž. The island was already inhabited in prehistory and in the written sources it is mentioned since the 13th century. In the Middle Ages it was owned by the noblemen and citizens of Zadar. The inhabitants live of agriculture, wine-growing, fishing, and tourism. Iž is often the starting point for excursions to the national park Kornati. |
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The biggest island (the area of 114.4 sq. kilometers) in the Zadar archipelago. The highest hill on the island is Vela Straža (338 m) The island has 2,873 inhabitants in ten settlements. Agricultural areas are covered with vineyards, olive-groves and vegetable gardens. The main settlement is Sali, and the smaller ones are Žman, Zaglav and Božava. |
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It has the area of 51.9 sq. kilometers. It is separated from Zadar by the Zadar Channel and from the island of Pašman by the narrow artificially long passage Ždrilac, across which a bridge has been built. It is one of the most inhabited islands (with 7,518 inhabitants in seven settlements) on the eastern Adriatic coast. The settlements are: Ugljan, Kukljica, Poljana, Preko, Kali, and Sutomišćica. Beside olive-trees and vineyards, people on the island raise also vegetables. Kali and Kukljica are distinctively fishermen settlements. On a few sites there are the remains of the Illyrian hillforts. In the antiquity the island was densely inhabited (the remains of the Roman buildings). All present settlements were founded in the Middle Ages. The island in the Zadar archipelago with the area of 63.3 sq. kilometers. The highest point is Bokolj (274 m). The island has 3,350 inhabitants in eight settlements. The coast is steep and very indented in the west, with long, well sheltered coves. The settlements are Tkon, Kraj, Pašman, Mrljane, Neviđane, Ždrelac and Dobropoljana. The main occupations of the inhabitants are agriculture, cattle-farming and fishing. |
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It has the area of 51.9 sq. kilometers. It is separated from Zadar by the Zadar Channel and from the island of Pašman by the narrow artificially long passage Ždrilac, across which a bridge has been built. It is one of the most inhabited islands (with 7,518 inhabitants in seven settlements) on the eastern Adriatic coast. The settlements are: Ugljan, Kukljica, Poljana, Preko, Kali, and Sutomišćica. Beside olive-trees and vineyards, people on the island raise also vegetables. Kali and Kukljica are distinctively fishermen settlements. On a few sites there are the remains of the Illyrian hillforts. In the antiquity the island was densely inhabited (the remains of the Roman buildings). All present settlements were founded in the Middle Ages. |
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