Goli Otok
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Goli Otok is a barren, uninhabited island off the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The island is located in the northern Adriatic Sea just off the coast of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, with an area of app
Aerial view of Goli Otok
The abandoned site of Goli Otok in 2005
Graffiti saying 'It's over!'
Square of Goli Otok victims in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, pictured 2022.
Bora (wind)
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The bora is a northerly to north-easterly katabatic wind in areas near the Adriatic Sea. Similar nomenclature is used for north-eastern winds in other littoral areas of eastern Mediterranean and Black
Goli Otok
…Adriatic Sea just off the coast of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, with an area of approximately 4.5 square kilometers (1.7 sq mi). Exposed to strong bora winds, particularly in the winter, the island's surface is almost completely devoid of vegetation. It was the site of a political prison from 1949 and…
Hurricane-strength bora in Nin, Croatia
The bora on Molo Audace in Trieste, February 2011
Bora seen from an aircraft near Novalja, Croatia (sea with white stripes)
Senj during the 2012 European cold wave