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MIDDLE ADRIATIC ISLANDS

PREKO (44° 06'N; 15° 02'E), village (pop. 1,759 in 1991) and small harbour on the E coast of Ugljan, opposite Zadar.

Approach: The landmarks include the wooded islet of Galovac with the monastery, the red column (red light) on the head of the breakwater and the white tower (green light) on the ferry pier. The harbour consists of a northern and a southern part. A hightension cable spans the passage between Galovac and Ugljan (10 m).

Mooring: The S part of the harbour is exposed to the bora; the N (inner) part is protected from all winds. Yachts drawing up to 1.2m moor along the breakwater in the S part of the harbour and on the outer, S pier in the N part of the harbour. The ferry uses the pier 300 m SE off the village. The anchorage (depth 510 m), situated off the village N of Galovac, is exposed to the bora.

Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office, medical service and chemist's. Provisions from local shops, mains water supply; fuel at the pump on the pier, some 50m from the ferry pier.

Car-ferry line: Preko - Zadar.

Sights: Remnants of ancient buildings (a cistern, mosaics) in the Gradina area; the Romanesque church of Sv Ivan Krstitelj (St John the Baptist, 12/13 C), Gospa od Ruzarija church (Our Lady of the Rosary, 1765). Galovac islet: Franciscan monastery (until 14/15 C Pauline, renovated in 16 C) with Sv Pavle church (St Paul, 1569) and library (from 15 C); park with subtropical vegetation. Sveti Mihovil on the hill of the same name (256 m), first a Benedictine then a Dominican monastery, converted into a fortress by the Venetians in 1202, was their main observation post for the Zadar archipelago.

KALI (44° 04'N; 15° 12'E), small town (pop. 2,245 in 1991) and fishing harbour on the NE coast of Ugljan.

Approach: Landmarks: the red column (red light) on the head of the E breakwater, the belfry in the village and the islet of Osljak (white light) NE of the harbour.

Mooring: The harbour is exposed to N winds, which causes a sea in it. Yachts drawing up to 3.5m can moor on the inner end of the masonry breakwaters and in the inner harbour (depth 0.52 m); the inner harbour is mostly occupied by fishing boats.

Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions and water available.

Minor repairs to marine engines can be undertaken at the local workshop. Hauling-out facility. Zadar repair shipyard in Lamjana Vela bay.

Each year on August 10 a fishermen's festivity (Kaljska ribarska noc) is held here with a fishing boat regatta and other competitions.

KUKLJICA (44° 02'N; 15° 15'E), village (pop. 868 in 1991) and small harbour in the cove of the same name in the southeasternmost part of Ugljan.

Approach: Landmarks: the apartment settlement at the entrance to the harbour, the round green tower with a column and gallery (green light) on the head of the N breakwater, the islet of Misnjak (some 0.8M southeast of the cove) and the church in the village.

Mooring: The cove is sheltered from the bora and northerlies and the harbour from all winds. Yachts can moor along the breakwater or, using the four-point moor, along the quay. There are several small jetties in the W part of the cove. In the middle of the cove the depth is between 1.5 and 6 m. A good anchorage is in the middle of the harbour (depth 56 m).

Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions and water available; fuel at the petrol station in Preko.

A boatyard for wooden craft with a slipway for medium-sized vessels.

On August 5 each year there is a traditional religious ceremony of carrying Our Lady of the Snow from the chapel (Mali Zdrelac) to Kukljica; more than 100 vessels take part in it.

Sights: Sv Petar i Pavao church (SS Peter and Paul, 1666, Glagolitic inscriptions), the Romanesque-Gothic church of Sv Jerolim.