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	List of islands in the Adriatic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A recent study by the Institute of Oceanography from Split (2000) shows that there are 1246 islands: 79 large islands, 525 islets and 642 ridges and rocks.
		A vast majority of the Adriatic sea islands are located near the northeastern, Croatian coast.
		Pag (the island with the longest coastline: 302.47 km)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_islands_in_the_Adriatic (132 words)

	Mediterranean Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar on the west and to the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, on the east.
		Large islands in the Mediterranean include Cyprus, Crete, Euboea, Rhodes, Lesbos, Chios, Kefalonia and Corfu in the eastern Mediterranean; Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, and Malta in the central Mediterranean; and Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca (the Balearic Islands) in the western Mediterranean.
		As a result of the drying of the sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the marine biota of the Mediterranean are derived primarily from the Atlantic Ocean.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mediterranean_Sea (1608 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		List of islands of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
		List of islands of Indonesia, Islands of Indonesia
		List of islands of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_islands (128 words)

	Island - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water.
		Continental islands are bodies of land that are connected by the continental shelf to a continent.
		The southernmost chain is the Austral Islands, with its northerly trending part the atolls in the nation of Tuvalu.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Island (729 words)

	Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That is, these islands are part of an adjacent continent and are located on the continental shelf of that continent.
		An example is the Hawaiian Islands, from Hawaii to Kure, which then extends beneath the sea surface in a more northerly direction as the Emperor Seamounts.
		An atoll is an island formed from a coral reef that has grown on an eroded and submerged volcanic island.
	www.worldslastchance.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Island (1078 words)

	Illyria
		To the Greek geographers Illyria (he Illyris or to Illyrikon) connoted the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and the adjoining mountainous territory stretching into the interior, all of which was the abode of Illyrian tribes.
		Nothing but the eastern coast and the islands of the Adriatic remained under Byzantine control, and these only until the eleventh century, when the rising Republic of Venice began to establish her authority there.
		In 1822 the civil district of Croatia and the littoral were separated and united with Hungary; the organization of the year 1849 did away entirely with the Kingdom of Illyria, resolving it into the crownlands of Carinthia, Carniola, and the coast lands (Görz and Gradiska; Istra; and Triest).
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/i/illyria.html (1038 words)

	Island - Enpsychlopedia
		Continental islands are bodies of land that lie upon the continental shelf of a continent.
		Another subtype is the barrier island: an accumulation of sand on the continental shelf.
		Also, when defining islands as pieces of land that are completely surrounded by water, narrow bodies of water like rivers and canals are generally left out of consideration.
	www.enpsychlopedia.com /psypsych/Island (948 words)

	Island Hvar - Pearl in Adriatic > about Croatia > geo location
		Croatia lies along the east coast of the Adriatic Sea and shares a border with Yugoslavia (Montenegro and Serbia), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and Slovenia.
		Croatia is made up of 20 counties, plus the city of Zagreb and controls 1,185 islands in the Adriatic Sea, 67 of which are inhabited.
		In the north it is continental, Mediterranean along the coast and a semi-highland and highland climate in the central region.
	www.hvar.hr /Default.aspx?tabid=363 (357 words)

	Cleveland Press Article
		The islands may not be on the "A list" of Europe's vacation spots, but they are must-see as they stretch from Dubrovnik, an 11th century city in the south, to Rijeka, near the Italian border, making them an attractive short visit from Rome, Paris, Athens, Madrid, Berlin and London.
		In summer the almost-still Adriatic waters have a calming influence and are broken by small fishing and ferry boats from Split, a major city on the coast, which was once the home of Diocletian, a Roman emperor.
		The residents on the islands proudly talk about their peaceful and humble existence, which over the years have attracted royalty, millionaires and the powerful, but have resisted rich offers to build casinos and modern hotels from wealthier countries.
	www.clevelandpress.com /peter.htm (648 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges.
		The northern part of the sea is very shallow, and between the southern promontories of Istria and Rimini the depth rarely exceeds 46 m (25 fathoms).
		The islands, which are long and narrow (the long axis lying parallel with the coast of the mainland), rise rather abruptly to elevations of a few hundred feet, with the exception of a few larger islands like Brač (Vidova gora, 778 m) or the peninsula Pelješac (St. Ilija, 961 m).
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Adriatic_Sea (850 words)

	Private Islands, Islands for Sale, Islands for Rent
		Shore Island is approximately 30 acres and accessible at all stages of tide although...more
		Canary Island in the 1000 Islands is a fabulous 1 acre island with views of the main...more
		Lower Birch Islands are comprised of a 29 acre and a 6 acre island.
	www.vladi-private-islands.de /sales_islands/sites/pricelist.html (1499 words)

	Islands.com \| Korcula
		The island, along with the rest of the isles in the Dalmatian chain, managed to escape the violence of the sad and lengthy conflict that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, and today travelers are once again returning to rediscover Korcula’s charms.
		Much of the island outside the town is covered with pine forest, and while beaches are not the main attraction here, there is a nice sandy strand at Lumbarda, at the southeastern end of the island.
		In-depth background, with photos, on even the smaller island villages ("From Orebic it is possible to visit the picturesque upper villages: Ruskovici, Stankovici, Podvlavstica"), and don’t miss the "Gastronomy" and "Culture" sections in the easy-to-overlook menu at the top of the page.
	www.islands.com /korcula (656 words)

	CG 58 Philippine Sea
		Philippine Sea coordinated precision maneuvers during the exercise to ensure each firing ship was positioned for their missile events, while stationing other ships nearby to gather data that was to be used to analyze and improve NATO and U.S. missile systems and tactics.
		Operating again from her base at Quonset Point, Philippine Sea was employed during the winter of 1950 in qualifying carrier pilots and, for part of February and most of March, took part in extensive fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean.
		Philippine Sea was struck from the Navy List 1 December 1969 and sold for scrapping in March 1971.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-58.htm (2810 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - MEDITERRANEAN SEA
		By contrast, the short-beaked common dolphin in the Mediterranean Sea was listed as 'endangered' in 2003 in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Animals.
		Of greatest concern is the fact that the causes of the decline may not have ceased, may not be understood or may not be reversible.
		The fate of the remaining animals is dependent upon the adoption of a coordinated framework between governments and the implementation of precautionary conservation and management measures.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20041210_log_transcript.html (776 words)

	USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)
		The USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CG 58) was commissioned in March 1989 and is homeported in Mayport, Florida.
		PHILIPPINE SEA deployed with the ENTERPRISE Battle Group in the summer of 1996, to the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas supporting UN operations in the former Yugoslavia and conducting multi-national exercises with seven other countries as part of NATO's Partnership For Peace program.
		USS PHILIPPINE SEA deployed in early 2001 as part of the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) Battle Group to the Mediterranean and Arabian Gulf, as part of a scheduled six-month deployment.
	www.navysite.de /cg/cg58.html (1115 words)

	www.dalmacija.net - Dalmatia ::: Attractions / Adriatic Sea
		The development of a variety of types of tourism in the Croatian Adriatic region has been most favoured by hydrogeological formation of the coastal relief, in which limestone and dolomite are predominant, enabiling formation of an extremely indented coast with many bays, covers, peninsalas and capes, creating a variety of contrasting and diversifying landscaped.
		The investigations were carried out on the whole area of the Adriatic belonging to the Republic of Croatia on the sea samples taken from 732 permanent locations in 1996.
		Owing to this fact, in the March issue for 1996 ADAC has brought out the test results of sanitary quality of the sea for the coastal and insular regions of the Adriatic within the Republic of Croatia, which is no doubt, regarding the results of this investigations, significant promotional asset of Croatian tourism.
	www.dalmacija.net /site/articles/articleshow.php?id=40 (658 words)

	Wind Names
		The initial listing was created using the Weather Elements Chapter of Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" with additional entries from the sources that are noted.
		A heavy northwest squall in Manado Bay on the north coast of the island of Celebes, prevalent from December to February.
		A sudden blast of wind descending from a mountainous coast to the sea, in the Strait of Magellan or the Aleutian Islands.
	ggweather.com /winds.html (1946 words)

	adriatica.net > "1000 islands" - Sun and Sea - Adriatic ( Croatia ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		We shall have the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the beauties of the National park – saltwater lakes, sightseeing old churches and abbeys on the small island in the centre of the lake and the tranquility and harmony of nature.
		In the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar we shall visit the Renaissance cathedral and the oldest national theatre in Europe which was established in 1612.
		Sailing towards the Split Riviera we shall have another chance to indulge in the deep blue sea at one of the many sheltered coves of the island of Brac.
	www.adriatica.net /cruise/det_en__4ji3k3i3m3m3mh5ji3p__.htm (1170 words)

	National Park Kornati - The Official Web-site
		In the central part of croatian Adriatic Sea, about 15 Nm to the west from Sibenik town, 7 Nm to the southwest from Murter, or 15 Nm to the south from Zadar town, there is amazing group of islands named Kornati archipelago.
		There are 89 islands, islets and reefs within the area of Kornati National Park (238 km of the coastline), what makes it the most indented group of islands in the Mediterranean.
		Besides, the Kornati submarine area, whose biocenosis are considered to be the richest in the Adriatic Sea, and also the magnificent geomorphology of the sea bed attracts divers from all over Europe to come and enjoy in unforgettable submarine adventures.
	www.kornati.hr /eng/introduction.htm (256 words)

	World Organisations Which Protect the Monk Seal
		In 1991 Turkey's National Committee for the Protection of the Monk Seal chose the villages of Foca, on the Aegean Sea, and Yalikavak as pilot areas for the conservation of the species.
		Once found throughout the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and the North African Atlantic, the Mediterranean Monk Seal is now restricted to a few isolated stretches of coastline.
		The monk seal now occurs in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, on islands in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea, on Madeira (Desartas Islands), the Atlantic coast of Morocco, and Mauritania.
	www.weburbia.com /pg/sealorg.htm (712 words)

	Best of Venice - Best of Venice, Italy - Venezien, Venezia, Venedig, Venetian, Venice Beach - Lido, & Lido di Venezia.
		River Adda, were known as "Terra Firma", and were acquired partly as a buffer against beligerent neighbors, partly to guarantee Alpine trade routes, and partly to ensure the supply of mainland wheat, on which the city depended.
		The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies, due to its cost.
		The buildings are often threatened by flood tides pushing in from the Adriatic between autumn and early spring.
	bestofvenice.com (2341 words)

	M O R E M - Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		There are over 300 islands in the North Dalmatia region devided into several groups.
		The rest of the islands are no less beautiful: Dugi otok, Silba, Premuda, Rava...Each one of them is a small mediterranean paradise well worth visiting.
		The list of the islands will be expanded and more images can be seen in our gallery.
	www.morem.hr /general_islands_eng.html (69 words)

	www.dalmacija.net - Dalmatia ::: Active Vacation / Fishing
		Since all of the Croatian Adriatic is a good fishing region (specific zones must be known), we have not singled out any special fishing areas, but only give the main features of the Adriatic Sea.
		In the case of the islands, it is better to fish on the side of the island facing then sea and on promontories.
		In the case of the islands, fishing is better on the side of the island facing the open sea and on the promontories.
	www.dalmacija.net /site/articles/articleshow.php?id=24 (895 words)

	adriatica.net > "1000 islands" - On the Wings of the Griffon ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		adriatica.net > "1000 islands" - On the Wings of the Griffon Vulture - Adriatic (Croatia)
		The griffon vulture is almost an extinct bird in Europe, but one of the last areas where he was spotted are the attractive islands of Kvarner, rich in unspoiled nature, crystal blue sea, indented bays and small towns on the islets.
		Arrival on the island of Krk, Croatia's largest island with a range of interesting places and beaches easily reached only from the coast.
	www.adriatica.net /cruise/det_en__4ji3k3i3m3n3oh5ji3p__.htm (418 words)

	GIN - Global Islands Network Island Links Directory - the number one source of information on Islands and Island issues
		An inland sea of northern Europe, the Baltic is nearly 1,600km in length.
		The Caribbean Sea is bounded by the West Indies, the east coast of Central America and the north coast of South America.
		To the east are the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
	www.globalislands.net /links/regional/regional.php?mfxsr=4&selectedval=218 (939 words)

	Croatia
		It is geographically diverse, with flat plains along the Hungarian border, and low mountains and highlands near the Adriatic coast.
		According to Koeppen’s classification, the climate is of temperate type with mild winters and dry summers along the coast; inland, where the influence of the Adriatic Sea ceases, there are hot summers and cold winters.
		There is an “extensive” National List that comprises varieties already in the list of Yugoslavia.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/005/Y2722E/y2722e0n.htm (874 words)

	Greece, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Athens, Corfu, Rhodes, Dodecanese, chartering, charters, Bareboat, crewed, King Yacht ...
		The Adriatic Sea is not only a deep gulf in the Mediterranean cut into the Continent of Europe thereby creating most economical trade route between Europe and the East, it is also the cradle of ancient civilizations.
		The east coast of the Adriatic Sea was inhabited as early as the beginning of the early Stone Age, and there is proof that most of the accessible islands were also inhabited (archaeological findings in caves near the islands of Hvar and Palagruza, etc.).
		Trogir was founded by Greek colonists from the Island of Vis in the 3rd century BC.
	www.sailingcharters.com /Croatia.htm (613 words)

	Ed Lonnon's Endangered Species Homepage - Monkseal
		Monk seals formerly were spread throughout the Mediterranean Sea, north west coast of Africa and the Black Sea.
		They now can be found in the numerous small inlets and sea caves of countries around the Mediterranean Sea, on islands in the Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea, on Madeira (Desertas Islands), the Atlantic coast of Morocco, and Mauritania.
		Monk seals typically seek food in water less than 30 metres deep, although an individual was reported to dive up to 75 metres deep.
	home.swiftdsl.com.au /~endangered/monkseal.htm (716 words)

	Home - Downhilltravel - Italy specialist
		The the chain is lower in the eastern sector, although the mountains, the Dolomites, are still of extraordinary beauty.
		The principal islands are Sicilia, rising up to the great volcanic cone of Etna (10,860 feet) and Sardegna.
		The main archipelagos are the Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic Sea, the Tuscan Archipelago, the Pontine Islands, the Aeolian Islands and the Egadi Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Sicilia.
	www.downhilltravel.com (476 words)

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