Škarda
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  Škarda | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Adriatic Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°17′00″N 14°42′17″E / 44.28333°N 14.70472°E |
| Archipelago | Zadar archipelago |
| Area | 3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 102 m (335 ft) |
| Highest point | Vela Čimba |
| Administration | |
Croatia | |
| Zadar County | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Škarda is an uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located between Premuda and Ist (island). Its area is 3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi).[1]
History
[edit]The hamlet of Škarda that consists of 16 dwellings[2] was completely depopulated by the 1990s.[3]
During the Croatian War of Independence, on 10 September 1991, members of a naval special unit, after landing from a motorboat and a sailboat, the Maša and the Nirvana, disabled the Yugoslav Mirna-class patrol boat Biokovo with a Malyutka antitank missile fired from a cove at Škarda island.[4][5]
Important Bird Area
[edit]The island is part of the northern Zadar Archipelago, which has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding populations of several species of fish-eating seabirds.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ^ Čuka, Anica; Magaš, Damir (December 2003). "Socio-geographic Transformation of Ist Island, Croatia" (PDF). Geoadria. 8 (2). Zadar: 67–86. doi:10.15291/geoadria.101. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- ^ Graovac, Vera (December 2004). "Islands on the Verge of Extinction – the Example of Zadar Islands, Croatia" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (2). Zadar: 183–210. doi:10.15291/geoadria.136. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
- ^ Udruga Dragovoljaca Hrvastke Ratne Mornarice - Zadar (in Croatian)
- ^ Zdenko Vidov: Izgleda kao da je netko namjerno kočio stvaranje odreda (in Croatian)
- ^ "North part of Zadar Archipelago". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
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