National Park Kornati

The Kornati National Park (kroat. Nacionalni park Kornati), also known as National Park Kornati, includes part of the archipelago of Kornati (kroat. Kornatski otoci or simply Kornati), an archipelago in the Adriatic.

Kornati Kornati represent the densest archipelago in the Mediterranean and were asked in 1980 as a national park under
strict conservation. The total area of this national park is 220 square kilometers.

The area is karst landscape. For National Park and the islands surrounding part (undersea) maritime area. Kornaten

Overall, there is the National Park of 89 islands, islets and roc
ks. The largest is Kornat. The vegetation on the islands is mostly sparse. The islands consist of limestone, are either lit
tle overgrown (scrub) or bare.

There are no water streams o. The National Park Authority is located in the town of Murter on the island of the same name near the archipelago. The inhabitants of the island Murter have always been connected as closely considered with this group of islands, which is why they also incumbent nowadays the administration over the archipelago. For sailors the Kornati Cup is interesting in spring.

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History of the National Park Kornati

Neolithic

Neolithikum
Already during the Neolithic people lived on the Kornati. This is suggested by finds of stone axes in the Zeljkovac field, below the mountain Pedinka on the island of Kornat.

Illyrians and Goths

Illyrer und Goten
The first confirmed colonization of the islands date back to the time of the Illyrians and Goths. This is indicated by small square houses that are individually or in groups (there are remains of example, under the mountain Pedinka, above the Zeljkovac field). Furthermore, there are small settlements (Šćikat, Stražišče, Tureta, Grba) and accumulations that indicate a larger population at that time (these are found on almost all heights on the islands of Kornat and Žut).

The Roman Empire

Das Römische Reich
Even the Roman Empire has left its mark on the islands of Kornati. So can the remains of rustic villas are admired Svrsati in Proversa and fish tanks. Other traces of the Roman Empire are mainly found under water, as the salt plant in Sipnatam or the port facilities in Vela Proversa.

The Byzantine Empire

Das byzantinische Reich
According to many, the rule of the Byzantines or Goths has the most distinctive building, which is located on the Kornati leave,: The Tureta fortress on the island of Kornat. The construction can be attributed to the late antiquity or the early Middle Ages and probably dates from the 6th century, even before the colonization of the Adriatic by the Croats. It is believed that the fortress was built for military purposes, in order to secure the navigation in the then dangerous Adria.
Likewise, an Early Christian basilica is (also from the time of the Byzantine Empire) below the fortress Tureta. Today most of the apse and part of the foundation walls can be visited. Due to the size of the church (30 x 13 m) suspected that during this time a considerable number of residents must have lived on the island.
Situated next to the church are traces of a building. Here, scientists do not agree on whether it is a Templar monastery or a Benedictine monastery.

Migrations

Völkerwanderungen
With the arrival of the Croats in today's Dalmatia, the Roman population was forced to flee from the mainland to the islands. However, this was short-lived, since the sea posed no further obstacle more for Croats. So it happened that the Kornati almost uninhabited remained until the 13th century..

Middle Ages

Mittelalter
From the 13th century. Kornati were resettled. Thus, various constructions can be visited from the Middle Ages. One of these buildings is the church "Gospa od Tarca" (dt. Madonna of Tarac, often referred to as Queen of the Sea) in the Bay of Tarac which was probably built on the remains of an early Christian basilica. An exact dating of this church is not possible, so vary the datings from 12./.13. C., 14th c. Until 15/16. Century. Also of medieval origin of the remains of a salt warehouse, and the submerged in the sea remains a salt production plant (probably late 14th century) in the Bay of Lavsa.

Republic of Venice

Republik Venedig

The Kornati Islands were particularly in the 16th century. For fishing known. Thus, the Republic of Venice has built on the small island Vela Panitula a fort, which has served mainly to collection of taxes on fishing in the Kornati. Very close to the castle, on the island of Piškera (Jadra) a fishing village was built. The two islands were connected by a bridge. Also a church was built with gothic elements in the fishing village, this was inaugurated in 1560th With the fall of the Venetian Republic the late 18th century. The castle was like leaving the fishing village. So today there are hardly any traces of the village yet, the same is true for the fort. However, the church was restored. You will still visits regularly today.

Islands Kornati

Nr.	Insel	Fläche	Höhe	Geografische Lage
1.	Kornat	32.463.820 m²	237 m	43° 48′ 6″ N, 15° 20′ 0″ O
2.	Piškera	2.668.046 m²	126 m	43° 46′ 0″ N, 15° 20′ 20″ O
3.	Levrnaka	1.833.883 m²	117 m	43° 49′ 26″ N, 15° 14′ 45″ O
4.	Lavsa	1.756.113 m²	111 m	43° 45′ 0″ N, 15° 22′ 15″ O
5.	Kurba Vela	1.736.793 m²	117 m	43° 41′ 55″ N, 15° 29′ 40″ O
6.	Smokvica Vela	1.054.430 m²	94 m	43° 43′ 40″ N, 15° 28′ 40″ O
7.	Škulj	881.017 m²	145 m	43° 43′ 20″ N, 15° 27′ 20″ O
8.	Silo Velo	676.758 m²	63 m	43° 51′ 10″ N, 15° 13′ 45″ O
9.	Lunga	617.814 m²	81 m	43° 43′ 45″ N, 15° 25′ 15″ O
10.	Mana	395.627 m²	77 m	43° 48′ 0″ N, 15° 16′ 20″ O
11.	Aba Vela	383.042 m²		43° 52′ 0″ N, 15° 12′ 50″ O
12.	Oključ	358.291 m²	69 m	43° 41′ 40″ N, 15° 28′ 30″ O
13.	Kastela	342.384 m²	53 m	43° 44′ 20″ N, 15° 23′ 25″ O
14.	Kameni Žakan	320.008 m²	30 m	43° 43′ 10″ N, 15° 26′ 20″ O
15.	Ravni Žakan	301.058 m²	38 m	43° 43′ 40″ N, 15° 26′ 5″ O
16.	Gustac	284.502 m²	45 m	43° 46′ 35″ N, 15° 20′ 55″ O
17.	Gustac	284.450 m²	78 m	43° 44′ 50″ N, 15° 23′ 0″ O
18.	Borovnik	273.219 m²	56 m	43° 48′ 40″ N, 15° 15′ 15″ O
19.	Svršata Vela	270.089 m²	31 m	43° 51′ 40″ N, 15° 16′ 35″ O
20.	Gominjak	253.298 m²	63 m	43° 43′ 20″ N, 15° 24′ 40″ O
21.	Rašip Veli	246.069 m²	62 m	43° 46′ 40″ N, 15° 18′ 15″ O
22.	Rašip Mali	154.559 m²	56 m	43° 47′ 20″ N, 15° 17′ 25″ O
23.	Panitula Vela	147.762 m²	36 m	43° 45′ 30″ N, 15° 20′ 40″ O
24.	Garmenjak Veli	131.858 m²	56 m	43° 42′ 15″ N, 15° 27′ 40″ O
25.	Koritnjak	116.600 m²	49 m	43° 46′ 55″ N, 15° 20′ 15″ O
26.	Klobučar	110.003 m²	82 m	43° 44′ 22″ N, 15° 22′ 58″ O
27.	Lucmarinjak	100.503 m²	45 m	43° 41′ 0″ N, 15° 29′ 5″ O
28.	Mrtovnjak	97.928 m²	41 m	43° 42′ 26″ N, 15° 32′ 8″ O
29.	Obrucan Veli	96.552 m²	66 m	43° 50′ 2″ N, 15° 13′ 38″ O
30.	Bisaga	92.237 m²	22 m	43° 48′ 33″ N, 15° 16′ 57″ O
31.	Prišnjak Veli	91.812 m²	35 m	43° 44′ 14″ N, 15° 24′ 7″ O
32.	Vodenjak	80.964 m²	44 m	43° 43′ 43″ N, 15° 23′ 54″ O
33.	Smokvenjak	79.108 m²	41 m	43° 50′ 57″ N, 15° 14′ 19″ O
34.	Skrižanj Vela	71.701 m²	20 m	43° 41′ 56″ N, 15° 31′ 27″ O
35.	Maslinjak	65.363 m²	39 m	43° 47′ 57″ N, 15° 17′ 43″ O
36.	Jančar	59.309 m²	20 m	43° 43′ 10″ N, 15° 25′ 50″ O
37.	Sušica	58.431 m²	21 m	43° 49′ 42″ N, 15° 15′ 6″ O
38.	Grego (Garmenjak Mali)	50.204 m²	20 m	43° 42′ 25″ N, 15° 27′ 50″ O
39.	Balun	49.553 m²	29 m	43° 48′ 22″ N, 15° 15′ 16″ O
40.	Mrtovac	48.875 m²	36 m	43° 49′ 32″ N, 15° 13′ 48″ O
41.	Prdusa Vela	48.779 m²	24 m	43° 42′ 50″ N, 15° 27′ 10″ O
42.	Samograd	44.894 m²	33 m	43° 41′ 16″ N, 15° 33′ 27″ O
43.	Ravna Sika	40.210 m²	30 m	43° 44′ 45″ N, 15° 25′ 32″ O
44.	Plešćina	39.846 m²		43° 48′ 28″ N, 15° 16′ 13″ O
45.	Panitula Mala	30.699 m²		43° 45′ 15″ N, 15° 21′ 15″ O
46.	Strižnjak	26.778 m²		43° 49′ 8″ N, 15° 16′ 52″ O
47.	Prdusa Mala	25.333 m²	25 m	43° 42′ 30″ N, 15° 27′ 10″ O
48.	Purara	24.423 m²		43° 41′ 45″ N, 15° 26′ 15″ O
49.	Tovarnjak	23.841 m²	12 m	43° 50′ 18″ N, 15° 14′ 26″ O
50.	Šilo Malo	20.691 m²		43° 50′ 44″ N, 15° 14′ 11″ O
51.	Dragunarica Vela	17.344 m²		43° 51′ 39″ N, 15° 13′ 18″ O
52.	Svršata Mala	15.159 m²		43° 51′ 30″ N, 15° 17′ 13″ O
53.	Veseljuh	14.888 m²		43° 45′ 50″ N, 15° 21′ 55″ O
54.	Puh	13.625 m²		43° 40′ 34″ N, 15° 29′ 45″ O
55.	Vrtlič	13.625 m²		43° 41′ 34″ N, 15° 32′ 47″ O
56.	Krpeljina	13.449 m²		43° 45′ 16″ N, 15° 24′ 22″ O
57.	Skrižanj Mali	12.694 m²		43° 42′ 4″ N, 15° 31′ 12″ O
58.	Babina Guzica	11.176 m²		43° 42′ 35″ N, 15° 29′ 54″ O
59.	Rašipić	10.872 m²		43° 47′ 0″ N, 15° 18′ 0″ O
60.	Golić	10.275 m²		43° 48′ 47″ N, 15° 16′ 33″ O
61.	Arapovac	9.918 m²		43° 47′ 42″ N, 15° 17′ 59″ O
62.	Kameni Puh	9.290 m²		43° 40′ 35″ N, 15° 31′ 9″ O
63.	Smokvica Mala	9.285 m²		43° 43′ 25″ N, 15° 29′ 16″ O
64.	Žakanac	7.343 m²		43° 43′ 15″ N, 15° 25′ 40″ O
65.	Puh Gornji	7.343 m²		43° 40′ 27″ N, 15° 29′ 58″ O
66.	Vodeni Puh	6.766 m²		43° 40′ 39″ N, 15° 30′ 40″ O
67.	Zornik	6.635 m²		43° 51′ 10″ N, 15° 14′ 16″ O
68.	Prišnjak Mali	6.464 m²		43° 44′ 10″ N, 15° 24′ 22″ O
69.	Bisaga	6.084 m²		43° 44′ 43″ N, 15° 25′ 18″ O
70.	Babuljaši Veli	5.710 m²		43° 47′ 56″ N, 15° 17′ 4″ O
71.	Blitvica	5.329 m²		43° 46′ 19″ N, 15° 21′ 20″ O
72.	Obručan Mali	4.618 m²		43° 50′ 8″ N, 15° 13′ 14″ O
73.	Babuljaši Mali	3.585 m²		43° 48′ 2″ N, 15° 17′ 18″ O
74.	Bisagica	2.594 m²		43° 48′ 11″ N, 15° 17′ 26″ O
75.	Hr Kaselica	2.469 m²		43° 44′ 12″ N, 15° 23′ 42″ O
76.	Desetinjak	2.324 m²		43° 42′ 22″ N, 15° 27′ 44″ O
77.	Hr Klint	2.288 m²		43° 41′ 35″ N, 15° 26′ 40″ O
78.	Hridi Škanji (Škanj V.)	2.015 m²		43° 45′ 18″ N, 15° 20′ 59″ O
79.	Desetinjak D.	1.260 m²		43° 42′ 32″ N, 15° 27′ 33″ O
80.	Desetinjak G.	1.210 m²		43° 42′ 37″ N, 15° 27′ 45″ O
81.	Hr Volić	950 m²		43° 42′ 0″ N, 15° 25′ 50″ O
82.	Hridi Kamičić	844 m²		43° 47′ 35″ N, 15° 16′ 57″ O
83.	Hridi Škanji (Škanj M.)	683 m²		43° 45′ 19″ N, 15° 21′ 4″ O
84.	Hr Prišnjak	77 m²		43° 50′ 10″ N, 15° 14′ 11″ O
85.	Hridi Kamičić	72 m²		43° 47′ 32″ N, 15° 16′ 57″ O
86.	Dragunara Mala	50 m²		43° 51′ 42″ N, 15° 13′ 6″ O
87.	Hr Kamičić	41 m²		43° 46′ 6″ N, 15° 21′ 5″ O
88.	Hrid Grislac	26 m²		43° 46′ 29″ N, 15° 21′ 17″ O
89.	Hr Kalafatin	4 m²		43° 46′ 38″ N, 15° 21′ 37″ O

Nationalpark Kornaten - Geologie

Die Bezeichnung der Kornati-Inseln ist auf die besonderen geologische Begebenheiten in dieser Meeresregion zurückzuführen. Die Untergrund-Beschaffenheit unterscheidet sich nicht besonders von jener des naheliegenden Festlandes, d.h. der Untergrund der Kornaten besteht aus sehr porösem Kalkgestein. Anders als alle anderen Adriainseln weisen die Kornaten zum offenen Meer hin steil abfallende Steilwände (Kliffs) auf. Diese Steilküsten werden von der lokalen Bevölkerung als so-genannte "Kronen" (kroat. krune, ital. corone) bezeichnet, was insbesondere bei seitlicher Betrachtung auffällt. An einzelnen Stellen reicht die Steilküste bis zu 90 m unterhalb des Meeresspiegels (etwa bei den Inseln Piškera und Rasip). Die höchsten, steil in das Meer abfallenden Felsen gibt es auf der Insel Klobučar (82 m ü.M).

Images of Islands Kornati

video Kornati

National Park Kornati - Croatia

Kornati National Park

Kornati National Park Map

Getting there - Krka National Park

In the resorts numerous travel agencies offer an organized trip to the National Park. All visitors of the National Park must pay a fee of 30 kuna. In low season the price is reduced to 20 kuna. Due to the many checks a ticket in any case is necessary. Organized day-trips cost about 210 kuna. These day trips usually crossing, menu and shore excursions with bathing facilities. These trips can be booked in the following places: Dugi Otok, Murter, Veli Iz, Ugljan, [[Island of Pasman | Pasman] (Vodice) and from Zadar and Biograd. The island passage between the islands of Kornat and Smokvica is called official National Park entrance. The Kornati National Park is car free.

In the central administration of the national park in Murter on Murter island and on the island Zut can purchase tickets for the Kornati National Park.

On the islands there is also a tourist office. It is located on the island Ravni Žakan.

25. Juli 2016 Riccardo Lorenz