Zavratnica
Coastal inlet in Croatia
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Zavratnica is a 900 metres (3,000 ft) long narrow inlet located at the foot of the Velebit Mountains, in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Jablanac, Croatia. Regarded as one of the major tourist attractions of the northern coastal area because of its beauty, Zavratnica was designated a protected landscape in 1964.
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Jablanac, Lika-Senj County
| Zavratnica | |
|---|---|
| Značajni Krajobraz (Croatian) | |
View of Zavratnica inlet, near Jablanac, in the northern Adriatic coast of Croatia | |
  Zavratnica  Zavratnica | |
| Location | Velebit Nature Park Jablanac, Lika-Senj County |
| Coordinates | 44.699486°N 14.897418°E |
| Type | Cove |
| Ocean/sea sources | Adriatic Sea |
| Basin countries | Croatia |
| Max. length | 900 metres (3,000 ft) |
| Max. width | 50–150 metres (160–490 ft) |
| Max. depth | 5–18 metres (16–59 ft) |
| Uvala Zavratnica | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
| Area | 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) |
| Designated | 2014 |
| Location | |
Description
Zavratnica is 50–150 metres (160–490 ft) wide, with a narrow entrance, and up to 100 metres (330 ft) sides which are very steep. It only resembles a fjord. Its geological origin is very different from the formation of fjords. A mountain stream became flooded as the surface of the sea rose (transgression after the last ice age), and so a cove was formed quite similar in appearance to a fjord.[2]
