City · Vlorë
Vlorë
Where the Adriatic meets the Ionian, and where Albanian independence was declared in 1912.
- Status
- Part of the Karaburun-Sazan National Marine Park, declared 2010
- Access
- By boat only
- Settlements
- None
In plain language
Karaburun is a long, empty piece of land sticking out into the sea near Vlorë. Nobody lives there. For most of the 1900s it was a military area and people could not visit. Now it is protected, and boats take visitors to its caves and bays.
Simple explanation
Karaburun is a long, empty piece of land sticking out into the sea near Vlorë. Nobody lives there. For most of the 1900s it was a military area and people could not visit. Now it is protected, and boats take visitors to its caves and bays.
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Connected subjects
Nearby
Protected area · Vlorë
Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park
Albania's only marine national park: sea caves, wrecks and the country's clearest water.
Subject · Vlorë
Sazan Island
Albania's largest island: a former Italian and then Soviet-era military base at the mouth of the Bay of Vlorë.
Beach · Vlorë
Grama Bay
A remote bay on the Karaburun peninsula whose cliffs carry Greek and Latin inscriptions cut by ancient sailors.
Beach · Vlorë
Radhimë Beach
The sheltered eastern shore of the Bay of Vlorë, facing the Karaburun peninsula.
Sources
- Wikipedia.
Karaburun Peninsula — English Wikipedia
· retrieved 13 Oct 2026
Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims. - Wikidata.
Wikidata item Q6367664
· retrieved 13 Oct 2026
Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year. - Wikimedia Commons.
Photographs
· retrieved 13 Oct 2026
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