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FAZANSKI KANAL, passage between the shore and the Brijuni islands s marked by a line: in the north of Barbariga point Kabula reef and in the south Prostina point Pinida (Peneda) point.

Approach: This is a very rocky shore with many shoals and reefs 00400m offshore. Beside the islands the sea is shallow. On pproaching the channel the Brijuni and its characteristic buildngs and vegetation are conspicuous. Care must be taken to avoid: abula reef (black and yellow tower with column and gallery, two lack cones, points upwards, white light) on the NW part of Briuni; the Mrtulin shoal cylindrical buoy with post and two black pheres, coloured black with red band in middle) on the eastern ide of the north entrance; the shoal S of Fazana (2 white conial buoys); Saluga shoal (cylindrical shoal red tower with post nd gallery; sector light red sector danger) S of entrance to rijuni harbour; Rankun shoal (cylindrical red buoy with pyramid onstruction, red light) E of point of same name on Veli Brijun; otez shoal (cylindrical tower with post and gallery) E of Rankun hoal.

There are a number of anchorages in the channel for small craft specially when SW and SE winds blow; in front of Maric cove, in ront of Fazana and Brijuni harbours and in the Verige and Ranuni coves. A NW wind causes a swell in the N part, and winds rom SW and SE in the south part of the channel. There is a contant NW current. During flood tide and when there are S winds he current attains a speed of 3 knots.

Warning. Between Fazana and Brijuni islands there are a number of nderwater cables and pipes.

FAZANA (44° 56'N; 13° 48'E), small town (pop. 2,716 in 1991) and arbour on eastern shore of Fazanski kanal (opposite Veli Brijun sland).

Approach: The church belfry is the main landmark. The harbour is nclosed by a breakwater to the N (at its head a red cylindrical ower with red light) and to the S a pier (on its head a white ylindrical tower with greeen light).

Then the harbour is approached from the S care should be taken of he shallow rocky bottom extending 400m offshore. The western dge of dangerous shoals is marked by two green conical buoys, hese should be left to starboard. A number of underwater pipes nd cables are laid between Fazana and Veli Brijun island.

Mooring: The harbour is protected from NE and SE winds and sea; W nd NW winds are dangerous because they cause rough sea in harour. Anchorage is 0.3M northwest of the harbour. Only small raft can berth in the harbour moored at the pier. The depth at he smaller pier is about 2m and at the southern pier 3.54.0m. On he pier there is a hydrant and electricity connnections.

Facilities:. Hotel, several restaurants, medical services, recepion offices for excursions to Brijuni.

BRIJUNI (Veli Brijun, Mali Brijun, 11 small islands and a considrable number of rocks and reefs), islands separated from the ainland by the Fazanski kanal.

Approach: There is a castle on the top of Veli Brijun, a shore ight on Pinida point (white isophase light); black and yellow ower with black post and gallery and 2 black cones, points pwards (white light) on the Kabula rock (see Fazanski kanal).

he islands have been inhabited since prehistoric times and speciaally in Roman times (from 2 C B.C.). There are the remains f a number of settlements and castles in the cove of Veriga, the emains of a Temple of Venus and of a 6 C basilica. From the Midle Age there is a Byzantine camp-site, the three-nave basilica f a Benedictine monastery. Venetians made extensive use of the tone quarries on the islet of Jerolim and built fortifications n several places. During malaria epidemics in the 17 C the slands were almost deserted but at the end of the 19 C antialarial precautions began to be taken (Robert Koch), hotels were uilt and planting began of Mediterranean and exotic vegetation. iped water was brought from the mainland and Brijuni became an nternational leisure centre. The mild climate fosters the growth f Mediterranean plants in natural parks. On Veli Brijun there is zoo with many kinds of animals. In 1984 the Brijuni were eclared a national park and the islet of Vanga a memorial cenre.