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Lighthouses in the system of meteorological safety of navigation

The Adriatic is a semi-enclosed sea, a large bay enabling the Mediterranean to get deep into the European continent. The importance of the Adriatic Sea in maritime communications system at the European and global levels was fully recognized by the Austrian-Hungarian government, which created a system of waterways as we know it today. Specifically, during the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Austria-Hungary built all major lighthouses along the eastern coast, thus establishing a network of light landmarks, making the journey to the eastern side of the Adriatic feasible even at night and in adverse meteorological conditions. The task of maritime meteorological service provided by the Marine Meteorological Center Split, an organizational unit of the Meteorological and Hydrological Service of the Republic of Croatia, is to enable and to enhance the efficiency and economy of maritime activities. In order to operate efficiently, marine meteorological services require data from the high seas. Since the lighthouses are built at the most prominent and/or farthest points of Croatian territorial waters, meteorological data observed and measured in such places are of particular importance. The paper gives an overview of Croatia's major lighthouses performing active meteorological service for the benefit of the safety of navigation.

lighthouses; Adriatic Sea; meteorological service; safety of navigation

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