Croatia - Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park

"The Kornati archipelago is an isolated island group situated in the central region of the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. The Kornati archipelago occupies an area of about 320 sq km and includes about 150 islands, islets and rocks. This most indented island group in the Adriatic Sea includes as many as 12% of the total number of islands found in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea on as little as 1% of the total Croatian territorial waters. The island of Dugi Otok with its deep bay Telašćica is situated in the immediate vicinity, northwest of the Kornati archipelago, and forms, together with the Kornati islands, a unique natural and cultural entity....

The Telašćica Nature Park encompasses the far southeastern part of the island of Dugi Otok with its bay Telašćica and the belonging islets and rocks (15 islets and 4 rocks). The Park occupies a total area of 70.50 sq km. The land area covers 37% (25.95 sq km) of the total area, whereas the sea surface cover 63% (44.55 sq km) of the total park area. The Telašćica bay is 9.1 km long and from 160 to 1800 m wide. The total coastline of the bay is 68.78 km. A salt lake called Mir of 0.23 sq km in area, which represents one of the most significant phenomenon of this region, is situated on the island of Dugi Otok, within the park area...."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List


Kornati National Park. Thanks to Vladimir of Croatia.