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In February 2012, during the early 2012 European cold wave, the shoreline in Senj froze and snow piled up after a 150 km/h bora plummeted the temperature to −14 °C, with 7 meter-high waves. The bora ripped the trees from the soil and destroyed roofs of houses. [13] On the island of Pag, the Bora threw fish out of the sea.
Yacht chartering is the practice of renting, or chartering, a sailboat or motor yacht and traveling to various coastal or island destinations. There are three main kinds of charter: bareboat, skippered and crewed. Bareboat charters require the client to skipper the boat themselves, while skippered charters include both boat and a professional ...
In late 2006, the Alaska Marine Highway System began a study for a new Lynn Canal ferry. [32] This ultimately resulted in the construction of two Alaska-class ferries, MV Tazlina and MV Hubbard. [33] In 2019 the Alaska Marine Highway System replaced Fairweather with MV Tazlina on the Juneau-Skagway-Haines route.
Cruise ports line the coast of Alaska, from Ketchikan in the south, dubbed "the salmon capital of the world," to more northern cities like Juneau, where glaciers and whale-watching abound.
The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of 1.04 km 2 (0.40 sq mi). [3] The island with the longest coastline of 302.47 km (187.95 mi) is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of 5.8 km (3.60 mi) is Vele Orjule. [3]
Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
The island of Unalaska was first inhabited by the Aleut people. Unalaska and Amaknak Islands contained 24 settlements with more than 1,000 Aleut inhabitants in 1759, when the first Russian group under Stepan Glotov came and started trading for three years on Umnak and Unalaska. Between 1763 and 1766, a conflict between the Russian fur traders ...
Katina is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located between Dugi Otok to the north and Kornat to the south, with an area of 1.17 km 2 (0.45 sq mi). [1]Katina is separated from Dugi Otok by a 100 metres (330 ft) wide and barely 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) deep channel Mala Proversa.