National park Kornati

KORNATSKI OTOCI (Kornati Islands) is the largest and densest archipelago in the Adriatic Sea. It consists of 147 islands, islets and reefs comprising an area of 69 sq km, scattered at an area of 234 sq km. The islands are part of the Kornati National Park.

The islands stretch in the length of about 35 km and the width of 13 km, between the island of Dugi Otok in the north-west and the island of Zirje in the south-east, as well as between the islands of Pasman, Vrgada and Murter in the north and the north-east.

The Kornati Islands have a number of small coves, "wild" harbours, where boaters may take shelter and dock.

However, there is also a modern, well equipped marina - Piskera ACI Marina, located on the island of the same name, with 120 berths. On the island of Zut, outside the boundaries of Kornati National Park, there is Zut ACI Marina, which also has 120 berths.

Winters are mild with an average air temperature in January is 7.3 °C. Summers are hot and dry with an average temperature in July 23.9 °C. Maximum air temperatures do not exceed 33 °C and minimum air temperature does not fall below -7 °C. There are 106 clear days, 134 moderate cloudy and 125 cloudy days in a year. Air humidity reaches 65 %. There are also 115 rainy days in a year. Snow occurs very rarely.

Due to the unfavourable dynamics of rainfall and air temperatures during the vegetation period, and because of limestone formation, the vegetation on the islands is very sparse.
On the south-western side, toward the open sea, the coasts are extremely steep (cliffs or crowns); the highest cliffs are those on Klobucar (80 m), Mana (65 m), Rasip Veli (64 m) and elsewhere.

Due to limestone formation there are no sources or water streams on the Kornati Islands. In some karst depressions, whose bottoms are covered by red soils, water retains almost throughout the year.