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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.
About The Kornati islands:
 The archipelago of 140 island and reefs, that stretch along the Adriatic coast south-west from the island of Pašman, between Dugi Otok and the island of Žirje on the area of the Zadar, Biograd and Šibenik rivieras. The area of islands covers 320 sq. kilometers and in 1980 they become the national park because of their unique| features and beauty. They were named after the biggest island Kornat (32.6 sq. kilometers). The bigger islands are Sit, Žut, Jadra, Kurba Vela, Levrnaka, Piškera and Lavsa.
The highest point is Veli vrh on the island of Kornat. The numerous coves offer shelter to fishermen and nautical  tourists. There is no fresh water, or springs, on the islands of Kornati. The islands are mostly covered with bare rock, and in the Karst valleys there are olive groves, fig-groves and vineyards. The most of the islands are owned by the people from Murter and Sali, but there are no permanent settlements. Because of the exceptionally indented coast, numerous coves, clean sea rich with fish, the island of Kornati are the paradise for nautical tourists. On some parts of the archipelago people gather sponges.
The name Kornati probably comes from the Latin word corrimare -meaning "scattered islands". Since the 17th century, the usual name was Coronati. There are the traces of cultures from the past, and the oldest are the remains of lllyrian settlements, stone graves and mounds.
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