Škarda

Not to be confused with Škrda.

Škarda is an uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located between Premuda and Ist (island). Its area is 3.78 km² (1.46 sq mi).^[1]

Škarda

Škarda
Geography
Location	Adriatic Sea
Coordinates	44°17′00″N 14°42′17″E
Archipelago	Zadar archipelago
Area	3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi)
Highest elevation	102 m (335 ft)
Highest point	Vela Čimba
Administration
Croatia
Zadar County
Demographics
Population	0

History

The hamlet of Škarda that consists of 16 dwellings^[2] was completely depopulated by the 1990s.^[3]

During the Croatian War of Independence, on 10 September 1991, members of a naval special unit, after landing from a motorboat and a sailboat, 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.^[4][5]

Important Bird Area

The island is part of the northern Zadar Archipelago, which has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding populations of several species of fish-eating seabirds.^[6]