Mrduja
Sign in to savethumb|right|Mrduja from Cape Zaglav thumb|right|Remains of an old tower fortification on Mrduja Mrduja is an uninhabited island in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. It is located in the Adriatic Sea, within the Split Gates between the islands of Brač and Šolta, about 400 m from Cape Zaglav near Milna. The island is nearer to Brač than to Šolta: a legend goes that the inhabitants of Brač and those of Šolta wrangled over whom the island belonged to so they used a rope in an attempt to pull it from one side of the Split Channel to the other. The people of Brač won the tug of war.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Brač, Islands of the Adriatic Sea and Islets of Croatia.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Croatia
- Located in
- Milna
- Area
- 0.01311
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Adriatic Sea
- Location
- Dalmatia
- Image
- Mrduja Island 2017.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mrduja
- located in/on physical feature
- Split Gates
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Encyclopedic overview
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thumb|right|Mrduja from Cape Zaglav thumb|right|Remains of an old tower fortification on Mrduja Mrduja is an uninhabited island in the Croatian region of Dalmatia. It is located in the Adriatic Sea, within the Split Gates between the islands of Brač and Šolta, about 400 m from Cape Zaglav near Milna. The island is nearer to Brač than to Šolta: a legend goes that the inhabitants of Brač and those of Šolta wrangled over whom the island belonged to so they used a rope in an attempt to pull it from one side of the Split Channel to the other. The people of Brač won the tug of war.
A lighthouse (CRO 099), the ruins of old fortification, and several pines, agaves and opuntias grace the islet, which is the turning point for the Mrduja Regatta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mrduja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations