Škarda is an uninhabited

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n island in the

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located between Premuda and Ist (island). Its area is .

History

The hamlet of Škarda that consists of 16 dwellings was completely depopulated by the 1990s. During the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

, on 10 September 1991, members of a naval special unit, after landing from a motorboat and a

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, the ''Maša'' and the ''Nirvana'', disabled the Yugoslav Mirna-class patrol boat ''Biokovo'' with a Malyutka antitank missile fired from a cove at Škarda island.
Udruga Dragovoljaca Hrvastke Ratne Mornarice - Zadar
' ''Zdenko Vidov: Izgleda kao da je netko namjerno kočio stvaranje odreda''

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the northern

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, which has been designated an

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(IBA) by

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because it supports breeding populations of several species of fish-eating

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References

Islands of the Adriatic Sea Islands of Croatia Uninhabited islands of Croatia Important Bird Areas of Croatia Important Bird Areas of Adriatic islands Landforms of Zadar County {{Zadar-geo-stub