Kornat (island)

Kornat
	Kornat
Waters	the Adrian Sea
Archipelago	Kornati islands
Geographical location	43 ° 48 ' N , 15 ° 20' E Coordinates: 43 ° 48 ' N , 15 ° 20' E
length	25 km
width	2.5 km
surface	32.44 km²
Highest elevation	237 m
Residents	7th (2001) ; <1 inh / km²
	Situation map

Kornat ( Italian Incoronata ) is an elongated Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea . It belongs to the Kornati group .

location

View from the island of Kornat in northwest direction

With 32.44 km² it is the largest island in front of Šibenik . It joins south of Dugi Otok and is surrounded by many uninhabited small islands.

history

People lived on Kornat as early as the Neolithic . Finds of stone axes in the Zejkovac field below the Pedinka mountain on the island indicate this. The first confirmed colonizations of the islands date from the time of the Illyrians . The Romans also left their mark. The island was then only very sparsely populated until the 13th century .

supporting documents

↑ Duplancic leather, T .; Ujević, T .; Čala, M. (2004): Duljine obalne crte i površine otoka na hrvatskom dijelu Jadranskog mora određene s topografskih karata mjerila 1:25 000 , Geoadria, Vol. 9, No. 1, 5-32.

Web links

Commons : Kornat - collection of images, videos and audio files

[Duplancic-Cala-Ujevic-1] Duplancic leather, T .; Ujević, T .; Čala, M. (2004): Duljine obalne crte i površine otoka na hrvatskom dijelu Jadranskog mora određene s topografskih karata mjerila 1:25 000 , Geoadria, Vol. 9, No. 1, 5-32.