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PAKOSTANE

PAKOSTANE (43° 55'N; 15° 31'E), town (pop. 2,155 in 1991) and small harbour at the entrance to Pasmanski kanal.

Approach: Landmarks: the belfry in the village, the string of islets (Babuljas, Veli skolj, Sveta Justina) off the entrance to the harbour, the green tower with a column and gallery (green light) on the head of the breakwater.

The most convenient of the four passages is the one leading NE of the islet of Sveta Justina (chapel). NE of the islet is a bollard on a concrete base in the sea; between the islet and the bollard is a shoal (1.8 m). Go between the bollard and the mainland coast (keeping as close to the latter as possible) bows-to the head of the breakwater.

Mooring: The small harbour (depth at the entrance 3 m) is only partially protected from the sirocco and open to the southwesterlies. Moor on the inner side of the breakwater small yachts drawing up to 3m only.

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

Sights: Remnants of a Roman breakwater can be seen in the sea between the mainland coast and the islet inside the harbour. On the islet stands Sv Justina chapel (1670), erected on the site of an older parish church to commemorate the defeat of the Turkish fleet at Lepanto (1571).