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Beautiful nature, countless islands and islets, the magnificent sea – all this makes the Kornati Islands a true promised land for boaters and yachting enthusiasts. The archipelago of Kornati goes along the shore, and has around 300 km2 and 140 islands, islets and riffs of 69 km2 of surface. Beauty and singularity of the archipelago moved authorities in 1980 to proclaim a bigger part of that area national park. The islands and the sea are protected as well as all living nature, animals and plants in the sea and in the land.
The land part of Kornati National Park covers less than 1/4 of its total area, but the values of its landscapes, the "crowns" (cliffs) on the islands facing the open sea, and interesting relief structures, make this part of Kornati National Park unique. Besides, the Kornati submarine area, whose biocenosis are considered to be the richest in the Adriatic Sea, and also the magnificent geomorphology of the sea bed attracts divers from all over Europe to come and enjoy in unforgettable submarine adventures.
One of the great faults formed in the process of subduction stretches from the Istrian peninsula and it reaches quite near the southwest edges of northern islands of Croatia and it ends somewhere among the islands of Middle Dalmatia. This fault is at its most beautiful in the “crowns” of Kornati. Vertical cliffs of Kornati actually represent the paraclase of the fault on which there occurred the movements of adjoining blocks of the Earth's crust on this area. The processes of corrosion, erosion and abrasion made this huge plate even more beautiful. In some places on the Kornati islands it plunges vertically into the sea down to 90 meters under the sea (the “crowns” of Piskera and Rasip islands). The highest “crown” in Kornati is located on the island of Klobucar (82 m above the sea level) and the longest (above the sea level) on the island of Mana (1350 m).
There are eight marked paths going to observation spots from where you can see entire Kornaty or some of its most beautifull parts. These paths are known as Planinarski put "Kornati". Kornati are covered with dense evergreen vegetation of dark oak or cesmina. Farmers and fishermen and pirates burnt forests, but mostly the islands were naked. The islands were inhabited in prehistoric times.
The park can be reached by any sea-going vessel, either your own boat or using the transport service of some local boatman or touristic agency in Murter or some other place on the Adriatic coast. Information about boatmen and tourist agencies which have permission for doing business within the park area, can be obtained in Kornati National Park Office. |
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