Kornati
National Park occupies the area of about 220 sq. km. There are 89 islands, islets and
reefs within the area of Kornati National Park, what makes it the most indented group of
islands in the Mediterranean. The Park is managed by
a special management body with the seat in Murter. Telascica is a Natural Park in the
extreme south of Dugi Otok island (Isola Lunga), in the Park there is a salt lake.
The island
of Dugi Otok (Isola Lunga) (124 sq km, length 43 km, width up to 4.6 km, population 2,873)
is an island in the Zadar group of islands of the northern Dalmatian archipelago. It
stretches in the direction north-west/south-east, with the island of Molat in the north
and the islands of Kornat in the south. The highest peak is Vela Straza (338 m). The
southern part of the island is rocky ground, while the middle and western parts are
covered with underbrush, with patches of woods. The western coast of the island is steep
and high, other coasts are lower, with a number of coves and sand shores such as
Soliscica, Pantera and Telascica. Economy is based on farming, viticulture, olive growing,
livestock breeding and fishing. A large Roman mansion (villa rustica) stood once on the
isthmus of Mala Proversa, the mansion was partly investigated and conserved. The cliffs in
the south-west of Dugi Otok (Isola Lunga), sometimes rising as high as 150 meters above
the sea (Grpascak is the highest cliff in the Adriatic).
Slano Lake, which is saltier
than the Adriatic. Dugi Otok (Isola Lunga).
