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MIDDLE ADRIATIC

KRMCINA (43° 59.6'N; 15° 22'E), village (pop. 267 in 1991) and anchorage in Pasmanski kanal, SE of the point of the same name.

Mooring: A good anchorage for vessels of all sizes, sheltered from the bora. Anchor (depth 12 m) S of the village on the S side of the point, characterized by red landslides.

Sights: In the nearby village of Tukljaca is the chapel of Our Lady, endowment of Mikuc Mogorovic, commander of Prince Miroslav's fleet (memorial inscription on the lintel dated 845).

TURANJ (43° 58'N; 15° 25'E), village (pop. 1,062 in 1991) and small harbour on the mainland coast on the narrowest part of Pasmanski kanal.

Approach: Landmarks: the belfry of the church in the village and the long L-shaped breakwater, on whose head is a green tower with a column and gallery (green light). Off the harbour is Minerva shoal (4.5 m) marked by a green tower with a column and gallery (green light) on a concrete base in the sea.

Mooring: The harbour is not sheltered from the sirocco and should be avoided with this wind blowing. Smaller yachts can moor in the harbour or along the outer end of the breakwater.

Facilities: Provisions and water in the village; fuel at the petrol station in Biograd.

Sights: Roman finds (tombs, remains of various buildings), ruins of a fortress (16 C).

SV. FILIP I JAKOV (43° 57'N; 15° 26'E), village (pop. 1,645 in 1991) and small harbour in Pasmanski kanal, some 1.5M northwest of Biograd.

Approach: Landmarks: the belfry; the round green tower with a column and gallery (green light) on a base on Kocerka shoal (some 600m south of the harbour); the red tower of the former light on the head of the pier; the belfry with a column in the village and, E of it, glasshouses extending up to the waterfront.

Mooring: The harbour is sheltered from all winds. Smaller yachts can moor along the pier protecting the harbour for fishing boats. It is also possible to moor along the inner end of the W pier (depth 2 m) and along the breakwater (inner side 2 m, outer side up to 4 m).

Facilities: Post office and medical service. Provisions from local shops, water from the hydrant on the waterfront and the pier. Fuel at the petrol station in Biograd.

Sights: Sv Mihovil church (St Michael, 14 C, reconstruction 1707), the ruins of Dvorine castle (former Benedictine monastery with Sv Rok church, 1374) in Rogovo; Folco Borelli Park monument of garden architecture.