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The Blue Grotto or Blue Cave (Croatian: Modra špilja), is a flooded sea cave located in a small bay called Balun (Ball in the local dialect), on the east side of the island of Biševo and about 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) from Komiža, in the Croatian Adriatic.
The monastery, which existed from the 15th century to 1787, was built in a large opening of the cave where there is also a spring. Today, only the monastery church and a part of a shell of a house are preserved. The village, which lies halfway to the cave, is reached from the sea by a winding path which snakes up through pine woods. A new ...
Grapčeva cave (Croatian: Grapčeva spilja) is a Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeological site. Three distinct prehistorical cultures were discovered here: Nakovan, Cetina and Hvar culture . Stratigraphy
In 1962, they were renamed The Grand Canyon Caverns. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. government designated the caverns as a fallout shelter, with supplies for 2,000 people. These supplies remain in the caverns. [3] In 1979, a cosmic ray telescope was installed at Grand Canyon Caverns, 126 feet (38 m) below the surface. [4]
Split (/ s p l ɪ t /, [4] [5] Croatian: ⓘ), historically known as Spalato [6] (Italian: [ˈspaːlato]; Venetian: Spàlato; see other names), is the second-largest city of Croatia, after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. Split metropolitan area is home to about 330 000 people [7].
Hvar (Chakavian: For, Italian: Lesina) is a town and port on the island of the same name, part of Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The municipality has a population of 4,251 (2011) while the town itself is inhabited by 3,771 people, making it the largest settlement on the island of Hvar. [ 3 ]
Havasu Creek is the second largest tributary of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park. [5] The drainage basin for Havasu Creek is about 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2). It includes the town of Williams, Arizona, and Grand Canyon Village. [6] Havasu Creek starts out above the canyon wall as a small trickle of snow run-off and rain water.
Vis is accessed only by boat from Split. Jadrolinija services the island using mainly the ro-ro ferry MT Petar Hektorović, with a scheduled voyage time of 2 hours and 20 minutes. There is also a high-speed passenger catamaran service Split–Milna–Hvar–Vis provided by Jadrolinija which takes 1 hour and 30 minutes.