island
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in the
Croatia
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n part of
Adriatic Sea
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. It is situated between
Lošinj
Lošinj (; ; , earlier ''Osero''; ; ; ) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The settlements on Lošinj include Nerez ...
,
Unije
Unije (; Italian: ''Unie'') is an island in Croatia. It is part of the Cres-Lošinj archipelago, which is situated at the northern portion of the Adriatic Sea. Unije is the third largest island of the archipelago. It is in size,
with numerous b ...
and Susak, just north of Male Srakane. Its area is 1.15 km2,First Croatian online peljar /ref> and as of 2021, it had a population of 4, down from 8 in 2001.Statistical yearbook for 2006 of Central bureau of statistics of Republic of Croatia /ref> Administratively, it is part of the town of
Mali Lošinj
Mali Lošinj is a town in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, on the island of Lošinj, in western Croatia. At the time of the 2021 census, there were 7,537 inhabitants, of whom 86% were Croats. The town of Mali Lošinj itself had an urban populat ...
. Highest peak is Vela straža, 59 meters high. there are no
car
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s, no
shop
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Business and commerce
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* Machine shop, a workshop for machining
*"In the shop", referring to a car being at an automotive repair shop
* Reta ...
Electricity
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harbour
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suitable for sheltering on the island, just two
concrete
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piers unsuitable for longer containment, and the coast contains numerous reefs. This leads the islanders to ground their boats rather than anchor them. The island has been inhabited since
prehistory
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. On Vela Straža, there are remnants of this prehistoric settlement.
In the main part of the village one can see the fantastic ruins of the house where Ivo Andrić, the author of 'The Bridge on the Drina' and Nobel Prize winner is said to have lived during his childhood.