Pag triangle () is a

pareidolia Pareidolia (; ) is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus (physiology), stimulus, usually visual, so that one detects an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none. Pareidolia is a specific bu ...

and land formation in the shape of an irregular

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located near the village Caska, adjacent to

Novalja Novalja () is a town on the north of the island of Pag in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. In recent times, Novalja has become famous because of the Zrće Beach. History The earliest settlers on the island were an Illyrian tribe that ca ...

on the

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n island Pag. It has been designated a natural landmark by the town of Novalja. It is often referred to as ''the

Bermuda triangle The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region in the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly bounded by Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. Since the mid-20th century, it has been the focus of an urban legend sug ...

of Croatia''. The formation was noted on the 9th of May 1999 by Zdenko Grbavac, a surveyor taking measurements for a quarry. In ten years since its discovery, media

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turned it into an urban myth and claims have been made of over 500,000 tourist visitors. Croatian

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s have linked the existence of the formation to a series of

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sightings in the late 20th century over the island of Pag. In early 2009, a road was built connecting the triangle to the nearby village of Caska, thus making it more accessible to visitors. Many visitors have taken rocks as souvenirs or charms due to unsubstantiated claims about their healing powers, which have left the area with holes. Others have repositioned some rocks, creating

petroforms Petroforms, also known as boulder outlines or boulder mosaics, are human-made shapes and patterns made by lining up large rocks on the open ground, often on quite level areas. Petroforms in North America were originally made by various Native A ...

. The formation is one of many polygonal shapes on the broken

karst Karst () is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble carbonate rocks such as limestone and Dolomite (rock), dolomite. It is characterized by features like poljes above and drainage systems with sinkholes and caves underground. Ther ...

terrain. There are no scientifically proven geological or geochemical differences compared to the rest of the area.

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