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PETRCANE

PETRCANE (44° 11'N; 15° 09'E), village (pop. 575 in 1991) and small harbour on the coast of the cove of the same name, some 5M northwest of Zadar.

Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower (white light) on Radman point (forest in the background) and the belfry with a rectangular top and a clock in the middle of it.

Warning: It is prohibited to moor along the mole with the breakwater (S part of the harbour) because it is damaged.

Mooring: The harbour is well sheltered from the bora and the southerlies. Smaller vessels can moor along the pier enclosing the inner harbour and along the jetty E of the N breakwater.

Facilities: Post office and medical service. On Radman point is the Pinija hotel and 2km northwest of the village is the Punta Skala camp site and hotel for naturists.

Water and provisions in the village; fuel at the petrol station by the hotel.

Sights: Sv Bartul church (St Bartholomew, 12/13 C, later converted into a private building).