Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park

Parku Kombëtar Detar Karaburun-Sazan
	Dafina cave
Location:	Vlora Qark , Albania
Specialty:	Original sea coast
Next city:	Vlora , Orikum
Surface:	12570 ha
Founding:	2010
	The protected area of the park (green, No. 54) and the Llogara National Park (green, No. 7)
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The Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park ( Albanian Parku Kombëtar Detar Karaburun-Sazan ) is a marine reserve in southern Albania , which is designated as a national park. The park covers an area one nautical mile deep along the coast of the Karaburun Peninsula and around the Sazan Island . The northern parts belong to the Adriatic Sea , the southern to the Ionian Sea - the Strait of Otranto ends at Cape Kepi Gjuhëzës on Karaburun, the westernmost point of the Albanian mainlandthat separates the two seas.

The park covers an area of 12,571 hectares, of which 2722 hectares are off Sazan and 9849 hectares off Karaburun, which protect around 50 kilometers of coastline. The waters in front of the pier on Karaburun and the southern part of the Bay of Vlora in front of Karaburun are not protected - both in the sphere of influence of bases of the Albanian Navy . The Karaburun peninsula and the Rrëza e Kanalit range of hills to the south are also a nature reserve that borders the Llogara National Park in the south .

The park was established by the Prime Minister's decree from 2010.

The wrecks of many ancient Greek and Roman ships as well as warships from the Second World War lie in the national park . There is a rich marine flora and a lot of cliffs with large caves and secluded bays with sandy beaches. In Grama Bay , seamen who anchored here for millennia have left inscriptions on the rocks.

The area is very remote, undeveloped and unspoiled. It can only be reached by sea or on foot, as the only road to the uninhabited Karaburun peninsula is through the Orikum naval base . Sazan Island is not accessible as a military base. Boat trips are offered from Vlora that lead to the Haxhi Ali cave . The cave , named after a pirate from Ulcinj in the 18th century , is the largest sea cave in Albania: It is 30 meters long and has an entrance ten meters wide. In the summer of 2012, a monk seal , an extremely rare species, was sighted in waters west of the Karaburun Peninsula .

photos

Grama Bay
Entrance to the Haxhi Ali cave
Karaburun Peninsula seen from Vlorë at sunset
Sazan Island
Bear Cove

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Marine National Park Karaburun-Sazan. In: Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .

↑ ^a ^b VENDIM PËR SHPALLJEN “PARK KOMBËTAR” TË EKOSISTEMIT NATYROR DETAR PRANË GADISHULLITE TË KARABURUNIT DHE ISHULLITE TË SAZANITE. Retrieved April 28, 2010, April 25, 2012 (Albanian).

↑ Orikum Area Inventory and Assessment ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 6.0 MB)@1@ 2Template: dead link / gradst.hr

↑ Gillian Gloyer: Albania . 4th edition. Bradt Travel Guides, Bucks 2012, ISBN 978-1-84162-387-0 .

↑ Monk seal, spotted and photographed in Albanian waters. (No longer available online.) In: AGI.it. August 18, 2012, archived from the original on August 21, 2012 ; accessed on August 18, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.

[akzm-1] Marine National Park Karaburun-Sazan. In: Agjencia Kombëtare e Zonave të Mbrojtura. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .