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Curiosities - Wellsprings (Jamina and Litnoga) |
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For the locality Jamina has been known that there could always be seen the large monk seals and many mullets in the sea below the cliff. The same applies for the locality Litnoga, where are situated two a bit larger wells, placed only about hundred meters one from another.
It’s possible that there has been a refuge for the Mediterranean monk seal, because few authors who have written about this theme, nobody has tried to say something about her refuge. The fact is that below the crag in Jamina, during low tides springs little well, and during tides water from the sea flows under the crag. In both direction, water flows from 1 to 2 l/s depending upon the rising or lowering of the sea level.
This has been expressed especially before or after the storms, bad weather. Flowing out 2 l/s in five hours this would bring out around 36 ton. The difference between sea levels in time of tides can take out 30 to 40 cm, and for this large amount of water which enters, the space would have to be around 10 X 10 meters. Ashore of one of these interior pools, it probably exist some dry surfaces on which monk seal have been able to stay. Above Jamina rises the stony hill approximately 60 ms of height, where could be the cave, and the air corridor while the cavern fills up with water. The same situation is in Litnoga. The fact that it’s relatively a large cavern testifies that the temperature kept during low tides comes out for about 4 up to 6°C lower than the temperature of the sea which few hours earlier has entered under the crag. This would mean that the mass of water kept in caverns are enough large (in consideration of depth of the pool), so the less amount of warm water isn’t able to warm up the larger amount of cold water in the underground.
Today the hole below the crag in Jamina is 15 to 20 cm high and about 50 cm width. It’s possible to push the wooden stick in length of 10 meters into the hole and to touch the opposite side of the cave. The seabed below the crag externally has been covered with macadam. It’s possible that workers when they were constructing the road above Jamina (1910), the part of drilled material pushed down the cliff and made the barrier in front of the entrance. Now it would be sufficient to remove about 1m3 of macadam, after which a man with his equipment could break into the inside. In Litnoga, on the other hand, is slightly different thing. Above one of wells stands the old bridge which was built by Austria-Hungary, and this way stood protected from possible strewing.
The other well, which is situated on the very beginning of beach "Zvizda", is the greatest of all three mentioned. There springs most of water, especially during large rains and bad weather. All caves are westward so in the evening sunbeams are able to break into the inside through the sea-water! So the inside shows in the blue reflection. It could be another jewel of our country! This would be not only natural-scientific objects but also interesting places for guests in Sibenik tourist region. |
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