NORTHERN ADRIATIC ISLANDS

ISLAND OF PAG

MANDRE (44° 29'N; 14° 55'E), village (pop. 160 in 1991) and cove on the W coast of the island of Pag in Maunski kanal.

A good shelter for smaller yachts, which can moor off the mole in front of the hotel. The harbour is sheltered from all winds, except those from the SW quadrant. The depth in the harbour is up to 2 m.

Facilities: Provisions at a shop; water from the main.

NOVALJA (44° 33'N; 14° 53'E), town (pop. 1,912 in 1991) and harbour in the small bay of the same name on the NW coast of the island of Pag.

Approach: Landmarks: the belfry and the tall white pole of the HPT relay; the red tower with the column and gallery (sector light) on the S end of the pier. When entering the harbour by night, steer for the green sector of the harbour light on the S end of the mole, which indicates the passage safe from the shallow reefs.

Mooring: The bay is sheltered from winds from the NE and SE quadrants; winds from the SW and NW quadrants are very strong.

Yachts drawing up to 2.5m can moor on the inner side of the breakwater and along the pier, which head is reserved for passenger ships; smaller vessels can moor between the pier and the breakwater (four-point moor). A good anchorage for mediumsized vessels is in the middle of the harbour (depths 58 m).

Facilities: Harbour master's branch office, post office, medical service, a bank, camp site, several hotels and a restaurant.

Shopping for provisions in local shops, water from the hydrant on the waterfront, fuel at the petrol station on the waterfront.

Minor repairs can be undertaken; there are hauling-out facilities for smaller vessels. Engine repairs can also be carried out.

Sights: The ruins of a Roman castrum, a 1 km long tunnel of an underground aqueduct (1 C), fragments of columns; near the town is a site with Illyrian graves, early Christian sarcophagi, the ruins of an early Christian basilica (5 C).

TOVARNELE (44° 41.5'N; 14° 44.1'E), small harbour in the cove of the same name on the NW coast of the island of Pag, some 0.8 M south of Lun point.

Approach: Landmarks: the quadrangular white tower with a column and gallery (white light) on the south entrance point; NW of the cove is the dangerous Tovarnele reef, marked by an iron spar with red and black bands on a round white base surmounted by two black spheres; it is covered by night by the red sector of the light in Tovarnele cove.

Mooring: The cove is sheltered from N winds. Smaller yachts anchor in the middle of the cove (depths 23 m). Anchor bows-to SW, securing the stern to NE. It is also possible to moor offshore, off the restaurant (depth 3 m) or along the L-shaped pier.

Facilities: Provisions and other shopping in the village of Lun; water from the cistern (limited). Smaller repairs in Rab.

Sights: Ruins of ancient walls and of the Romanesque church of Sv Martin.