Krk Island

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General information

Krk (Italian Veglia, Latin Curicta) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is the second largest Adriatic island, with an area of 405 km² (exactly 405,218.994 m², just slightly smaller than Cres), and also the second most populous one, with numerous towns and villages totalling 16,402 (2001). Although recent surveys showed that Cres is the largest Croatian island it is still general opinion in Croatia that Krk is largest.

The island Krk is the most northern island of the Mediterranean Sea; connected to the mainland by a bridge is easy achievable. Even if it is so northern, the island has a nice climate with a annual average temperature 4 degrees higher than elsewhere in the same geographical width. At the same time Krk maintains the characteristics of an Adriatic island: jagged coasts rich of bays and inlets, a lot of little islands, beaches with rocks, pebbles and sand, a great cookery based on fresh fishes. The island is a succeeding of little town faced on the sea quite different one to another but everyone has its charm and deserves a visit: the suggestion is to move daily from one place to another, in a new town, a new beach, a little restaurant, a "konoba", taking advantage of the condition of the street that, all things considered, is quite good...

The island has been inhabited since before 10th century BCE. The Romans called the island Curicta. During the Roman Civil War, the Bay of Curicta was the scene of sea combat between the fleets of Caesar and Pompey. Over a thousand years later, the island was the center of the Vegliot dialect of the Dalmatian language. Krk was also the seat of medieval bishops and important nobility, the Frankopans.

The municipalities and larger settlements on Krk include:

• The eponymous city of Krk, with 5,491 inhabitants (2001), located at 45°13′N 14°32′E.
• Omišalj, 2,998 people
• Malinska-Dubašnica, 2,726 people
• Punat, 1,876 people
• Dobrinj, 1,970 people
• Baška, 1,554 people
• Vrbnik, 1,245 people

Coordinates

45°4′N 14°36′E

Marines and Anchorages

Marina Punat

45°1'48"N 14°37'37"E

51521 Punat, Croatia
Tel 051-854-030  
Fax 051-854-014

PUNAT MARINA is situated on the E coast of Puntarska draga cove, N of the town of Punat, adjoining the Punat boatyard. Capacity: 800 moorings for vessels up to 25m are laid out along the quay and the 11 jetties four-point moor, depth 3.5 m); there are dry-berths for 300 vessels.

The marina is open the year round.

Facilities

• Reception office, money-exchange, self-service shop, shop and duty-free shop, ship chandler's shop, snack-bar, two restaurants and an inn;
• skipper's club (restaurant, yacht club, medical service, sailing school);
• the chemist is in the town;
• toilets and showers with hot water.

Services

• Hoists (5 and 10 t),
• slipway (for vessels up to 30 and 50 tons),
• several travel-lifts;
• services (security, cleaning, etc.) pro- vided;
• yacht services;
• hull repairs (wood, plastic, metal);
• regular hull inspection;
• repair, maintenance and installation of marine engines (VOLVO, JOHNSON, MERCURY, YANMAR, CUMMINS), electrical installations and battery charging;
• special varnishing shop.