Silba
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thumb|right|150px|Satellite image Silba () is an island in Croatia with an area of 15 km2, northern Dalmatia, south-east of Lošinj, between the islands of Premuda and Olib. It has a Mediterranean climate with 2570 hours a year of sunshine. Most summer days are hot, bright and clear with light westerly maestral wind cooling the island in the afternoons.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Silba
- Islands.image_name
- File:Sotorišće.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Sotorišće bay on Silba
- Islands.location
- Adriatic Sea
- Islands.area_km2
- 15
- Islands.highest_mount
- Varh
- Islands.elevation_m
- 80
- Islands.country
- Croatia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Zadar
- Islands.population
- 292
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2011
- Islands.density_km2
- 20.46
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Important Bird Area
- History
- Further reading
- References
- Bibliography
- Name
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Economy
- Geology
- Parish
- Ornithology
- External links
thumb|right|150px|Satellite image Silba () is an island in Croatia with an area of 15 km2, northern Dalmatia, south-east of Lošinj, between the islands of Premuda and Olib. It has a Mediterranean climate with 2570 hours a year of sunshine. Most summer days are hot, bright and clear with light westerly maestral wind cooling the island in the afternoons.
Silba has an area in the shape of number 8, with the village of Silba located at the narrowest point in the middle. It takes only around 10 minutes to walk the 600 m from the north-eastern harbour of Mul to the south-western harbour of Žalić.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.