The Bay of Bakar is located on the Croatian Adriatic coast, within the Gulf of Kvarner. There are two towns centered on bay of Bakar: Bakar and Kraljevica. While Bakar and Kraljevica are port towns, in outback of bay of Bakar there are the industry zones and free zones of Kukuljanovo. The bay itself contains Bulk Cargo Terminal of the Port of Rijeka, handling coal, iron ore and bulk cargo. Its annual capacity is 4 million tonnes and it accommodates Capesize ships.[1] The port facilities are planned to be expanded through construction of a car terminal in the bay.[2]
| Bay of Bakar | |
|---|---|
| Bakarski zaliv (Croatian) | |
 Bay of Bakar, Croatia, seen from the east | |
| Location | Croatia |
| Coordinates | 45°17′30″N 14°33′38″E / 45.2917°N 14.5606°E |
| Type | Bay |
| Etymology | Bakar, Croatia |
| display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; width: 100%; | Adriatic Sea |
| Max. length | 4,700 m (4.7 km; 2.9 mi) |
| Max. width | 700 m (0.70 km; 0.43 mi) |
Average depth | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Max. depth | 44 m (144 ft) |
Surface elevation | 171 m (561 ft) |
| Settlements | Bakar and Kraljevica |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Bay of Bakar | |
References
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- ↑ "Terminals". Luka Rijeka d.d. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
- ↑ Tamara Opačak-Klobučar (January 2, 2011). "Gradi se "riječki suhi dok" za 250 milijuna € u Dugom Selu" [A Rijeka dry dock worth 250 million euro under construction in Dugo Selo]. Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved August 27, 2011.
Further reading
edit- Hadži, Jovan (1930). "Ljetni plankton Bakarskoga zaliva(1918.) te Puljskog i Riječkog (1913.)". Prirodoslovna istraživanja Sjevernodalmatinskog otočja I: Dugi i Kornati. Prirodoslovna istraživanja Kraljevine Jugoslavije (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 16. Zagreb: Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti. pp. 172–192.
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