Zavratnica is a 900 m long narrow inlet located at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, 1 km south of Jablanac, Croatia. Regarded as one of the major tourist attractions of the northern coastal area because of its beauty, Zavratnica was designated a protected landscape in 1964.
Description
Zavratnica is 50–150 m wide, with a narrow entrance, and up to 100 m sides which are very steep. It only resembles a fjord. Its geological origin is very different from the formation of fjords. A mountain stream became flooded as the surface of the sea rose ( transgression after the last ice age), and so a cove was formed quite similar in appearance to a fjord. [1]
See also
References
- ^ Radovan Radovinovič, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 140, Zagreb (1999), ISBN 953-178-097-8
External links
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44°41′58″N 14°53′51″E / 44.699486°N 14.897418°E
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Zavratnica is a 900 m long narrow inlet located at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, 1 km south of Jablanac, Croatia. Regarded as one of the major tourist attractions of the northern coastal area because of its beauty, Zavratnica was designated a protected landscape in 1964.
Description
Zavratnica is 50–150 m wide, with a narrow entrance, and up to 100 m sides which are very steep. It only resembles a fjord. Its geological origin is very different from the formation of fjords. A mountain stream became flooded as the surface of the sea rose ( transgression after the last ice age), and so a cove was formed quite similar in appearance to a fjord. [1]
See also
References
- ^ Radovan Radovinovič, The Croatian Adriatic Tourist Guide, pg. 140, Zagreb (1999), ISBN 953-178-097-8
External links
Hydrography of
Croatia | ||||||
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| Rivers |
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| Lakes | ||||||
| Valleys, estuaries, canyons, wetlands | ||||||
| Waterfalls | ||||||
| Canals |
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| Adriatic Sea | ||||||
44°41′58″N 14°53′51″E / 44.699486°N 14.897418°E
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| This Lika-Senj County geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |