Sveti Nikola Island
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Adriatic Sea
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, in Montenegrin
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
municipality of Budva
Budva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...
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About the island
Sveti Nikola island is located opposite to the town of BudvaBudva
Budva is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has around 15,000 inhabitants, and it is the centre of municipality...
, 1 km from Budva's old town. The island is 2 km long, and it has an area of 36 hectares (89 acre). Highest point on the island is a cliff that rises 121 m above the sea.
The island is a popular excurison site in the Budva area. It has three bigger sandy beaches of total length of 840 metres (2,755.9 ft), and numerous small beaches around the island, accessible only by boat.
Deer
Deer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
inhabit the uncultivated part of the island. The island is called Školj by Boka Kotorska Croats which is an ancient Croatian word for island used throughout Dalmatia, while the youth refers to it as "Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
" island.
Probable owner of the island
An advisor of Thaksin ShinawatraThaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....
has confirmed that the ousted Thai prime minister is holding a Montenegro passport.
Noppadon Pattama also confirmed that Mr Thaksin is bidding to purchase Sveti Nikola island in the country, located in Southeastern Europe. Thaksin's advisor says the former prime minister sees the potential that the island could be developed into a tourist destination.
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and Montenegro have established diplomatic relations since late 2007. But neither country has had an embassy or consulate in the country.
Mr Thaksin has been living in exile. He was convicted of corruption in absentia.
See also
Budva RivieraBudva Riviera (region)
The Budva Riviera is a long strip of the Adriatic coast surrounding the town of Budva in western Montenegro. It is part of the Montenegrin Littoral geographical region. Historically it was part of the Albania Veneta. It is located roughly along the middle of the Montenegrin coast, and is a center...