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 Pasman
An island in the Zadar archipelago southeast of
the island of Ugljan, separated from it by a narrow strait called
Zdrelac; area 56.9 sq km (length 21.1 km, width up to 4.1 km); population
3,349; highest peak Bokolj (272 m). In the west the island is composed
of Cretaceous limestone, in the east of dolomites, with a small
zone of fertile sandy deposits. The limestone zone is partly covered
with underbrush, while the dolomite and sandy zones are under vineyards
and vegetable gardens. The steep western coast is indented with
numerous coves, well protected from the bora (especially in the
south-eastern part). Larger coves include Polaca, Taline, Triluke,
Landin, Soline and Kablin. All places on the island are situated
along the less indented eastern coast: Tkon, Kraj, Pasman, Mrljane,
Nevidane, Dobropoljana, Banj and Zdrelac. Chief occupations are
farming, growing of vines, olives, fruit and vegetables, livestock
breeding, fishing and tourism. The regional road runs along the
entire island. Ferry lines with Biograd na Moru.
The island has been populated since the prehistoric times (Illyrian
hill-fort, Roman finds - Pasman, Banj). Along the cove of Sveti
Ante (St. Anthony) on the south-western coast is a small, pre-Romanesque
one-nave church. From 1050 the island was owned by the Biograd diocese
and from 1126 by the Zadar archdiocese. It was populated by the
refugees who fled from the Turks.
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