Škarda is an uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located between Premuda and Ist (island). Its area is 3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi).[1]

Škarda
Map
Škarda is located in Croatia
Škarda
Škarda
Geography
LocationAdriatic Sea
Coordinates44°17′00″N 14°42′17″E / 44.28333°N 14.70472°E / 44.28333; 14.70472
ArchipelagoZadar archipelago
Area3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Highest elevation102 m (335 ft)
Highest pointVela Čimba
Administration
Croatia
Zadar County
Demographics
Population0

The hamlet of Škarda that consists of 16 dwellings[2] was completely depopulated by the 1990s.[3]

During the Croatian War of Independence, on 10 September 1991, members of a naval special unit, after landing from a motorboat and a sailboat, the Maša and the Nirvana, disabled the Yugoslav Mirna-class patrol boat Biokovo with a Malyutka antitank missile fired from a cove at Škarda island.[4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  2. ^ Čuka, Anica; Magaš, Damir (December 2003). "Socio-geographic Transformation of Ist Island, Croatia" (PDF). Geoadria. 8 (2). Zadar: 67–86. doi:10.15291/geoadria.101. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  3. ^ Graovac, Vera (December 2004). "Islands on the Verge of Extinction – the Example of Zadar Islands, Croatia" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (2). Zadar: 183–210. doi:10.15291/geoadria.136. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
  4. ^ Udruga Dragovoljaca Hrvastke Ratne Mornarice - Zadar (in Croatian)
  5. ^ Zdenko Vidov: Izgleda kao da je netko namjerno kočio stvaranje odreda (in Croatian)