Large cruise ships in the narrow Bay of Kotor, Montenegro

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 26 September 2021 at 09:40:29 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 16 August 2022 at 04:55:40 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 August 2022 at 04:47:33 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 13 February 2023 at 09:41:11 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, tourism, ship security, marine traffic, mountain range, Dinaric Alps, Montenegro, Croatia, Adriatic Sea
Fig. 1 - S2 (26.09.2021) - The Bay of Kotor aka the Boka is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in SW Montenegro, next to the Croatian border.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (13.02.2023) - Nested between two massifs of the Dinaric Alps, it encompasses several well-preserved medieval towns.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (23.08.2022) - The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (16.08.2022) - Numerous cruise ships cross the shallow bay, often longer than the narrowest strait is wide at only 340 m.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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