Natural Resources of Ulqin
"God has blessed" Ulqin with natural resources. You can find here everything; beaches, olive trees, bay, rivers, lakes and island.
There are two beaches: the Small beach and the Big beach.
The Big beach is 12 km long and it is the longest beach on Montenegrin coast. It is wide 50m. It lies from Port Milena to Buna river and Ada Bojana island. It is only 4 km away from the town center. It is made from sand for which it is said that it can cure different illnesses.
There are two beaches: the Small beach and the Big beach.
The Big beach is 12 km long and it is the longest beach on Montenegrin coast. It is wide 50m. It lies from Port Milena to Buna river and Ada Bojana island. It is only 4 km away from the town center. It is made from sand for which it is said that it can cure different illnesses.
The Small Beach is long 600m and wide 25m. The sand is the same as in the Big Beach. Over it is a promenade and there are a lot of shops, restaurants and clubs.
Ada Island has a triangle shape. On the side where the river flows is long 2,8km and wide 1,8km and high 3,4 m. In two sides of it flows river Buna and one side of it is open to the sea. It is an island created in an artificial way. River Buna that flows here is 44km long but only 24 km passes through Ulqin, the other part belongs to Albania.
Valdanos bay is 4 miles away from Ulqin. The beach has small stones with a diameter 1-20cm. The bay is wide 20m. The valley of Valdanos is covered with olive trees, called the Olive Grove and it has 74.000 olive groves and for its size this olive grove is the second on the Adriatic coast.
Mountain Rumia is one of the highest mountain in Ulqin municipality and it is 1427 m above sea level.
Shasi Lake is located in the north-eastern side of Ulqin. It has a surface from 3,5 km2 and it is long 3210 m and wide 1200-1500m. The average depth is 8 m and the length of the coast line is 8,6km.