ecc 2012 logbook - ECC 2013

Engineering Challenge Cup
05 th to 12 th of May 2012
Telašćica bay - Monday 7 th May
Telašćica bay is situated in the central part of the eastern Adriatic coast, in the SE part of the
island of Dugi otok. Thanks to its extreme beauty, richness and importance, this bay surrounded by
13 islands and islets, together with 6 islets inside the bay of Telašćica itself, was proclaimed a
Nature Park in 1988. Thanks to its exceptionally valuable plant and animal life, geological and
geomorphologic phenomena, valuable colonies of the sea bottom and interesting archaeological
heritage this area became protected in 1980.
The area of "Telašćica" Nature Park is distinctly contrasted area with quiet and peaceful beaches
and laid down coastline on one side and wild and rough cliffs on the other. It is the area of the
Aleppo pine-trees and holly oak woods on one side and bare rocky grounds on the other. It is the
area of cultivated fields of vineyards and olive-trees, as well as the area of degraded forms of the
flora covering dry habitats.
Three basic phenomena are certainly the main characteristics of the Nature Park: the unique bay of
Telašćica as one of the safest, the most beautiful and
the largest havens on the Adriatic that includes 25
small bays and 69 km of the well-indented coastline,
the cliffs of the island of Dugi otok or so-called
«Stene», rising up to 161 m above the sea level and
falling down vertically up to 90 m below the sea level,
and finally the salt lake called «Mir» with its curative
characteristics. The island of Katina must be mentioned
as one of the most picturesque islands in the Adriatic,
but the most unusual is certainly the island of Taljurić.
The total surface of the Nature Park is 70, 50 km2 of
which 25, 95 km2 on Dugi otok and the neighbouring
islands and 44, 55 km2 on sea. Beautifully cultivated
meadows and hillsides are rich with Mediterranean
vegetation with more than 300 species of flora and
equally rich fauna. The undersea world has more than
300 plant and 300 animal species.
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