Island Rab - Geographical Data
The island of Rab is situated in the northern part of the Croatian side of Adriatic Sea and belongs to the Kvarner group of islands. It is placed between 44° 41' and 44° 51' of latitude (northern) and between 14° 40' and 14° 53' of longitude (eastern). Along with some smaller islands its surface is 86.14 km2. The island expands from the Northwest to the Southeast and its length in that direction is 22 km. The biggest stretch of the island is 11 km and the smallest 3 km. The island of Rab is separated from the mainland by the Velebit canal. The smallest distance from the mainland is 1800 m. In the immediate proximity of the island of Rab there are many small islands, bigger ones among them being Goli, Grgur, Maman, Laganj mali, Dolfin, Trstenik, Dolin and St. Juraj.
Climate
The
island of Rab has the so-called "Adriatic type" of Mediterranean
climate with pleasant warm summers and mild winters. It has such a climate
thanks to the mountain range Kamenjak that protects it from the cold Northeastern
wind in winter and spring months. Except for that wing, there is a warm
and moist wind blowing from the Southeast in autumn ("jugo"),
which always brings along rain. During summer months there is a landward
breeze blowing during the day, called "maestral", which is pleasant
and renders summer heat milder. Other winds and storms are rare phenomena.
The number of sunny hours is 2417 on the average, while the number of
cloudy days is very small. The temperature of the sea is convenient for
bathing, and amounts to 20°C, from May to October. The middle year's temperature
of the sea is 16.7°C.
Adriatic Sea
In
the range of beauty which the nature has gifted island of Rab, the first
place occupies the dark-blue azure Adriatic. It surrounds Rab, enters
in Rab's continent and in the same time it creates plenty number of bigger
and smaller coves. Adriatic charm when it is calm. It wonders when it
is choppy. The man admires by looking it from coast. He admires by sailing
or by diving into it's clearly and freshen waves. It is difficult to determine
exactly the color of the Adriatic Sea. It is sometimes dark blue, sometimes
green-blue. It iridisces in thousands of shades uninterruptedly depending
on the time of the day and on the angle in which the sunrays fall on it.
But it is always beautiful and unrepeatable.
Middle Temperature Of The Air in °C Middle
Temperature Of The Sea in °C 14h
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