List of islands of Croatia

List of islands of Croatia

A vast majority of the Adriatic sea islands are located near the northeastern, Croatian coast.

Largest islands

These are the larger ones, sorted approximately from northwest to southeast:

Northern seacoast:
* the Brijuni islands (a national park)
* Krk (quite large, has an international airport)
* Plavnik
* Cres
* Lošinj
* Ilovik
* Unije
* Susak (a handful of people with a rather characteristic dialect)
* Prvić
* Goli otok (previously known as a prison, translation: "barren island")
* Rab
* Pag (known for its cheese and its sea salt)
* Olib
* Silba
* Premuda
* Ist
* MolatNorthern Dalmatia:
* Vir
* Dugi Otok (translation: "long island")
* Ugljan
*
* Pašman
* the Kornati archipelago (also a national park)
* Murter
* Sestrunj
* Skarda
* Zlarin

Central and southern Dalmatia:
* Čiovo
* Drvenik
* Šolta
* Brač (known for its stone quarries)
* Hvar (the sunniest one)
* Vis (inhabited since ancient Greece, previously a naval base)
* Biševo
* Brusnik
* Jabuka - one of the smallest island in Adriatic sea, closest to Italy
* Svetac
* Korčula (the most populated one)
* Lastovo
* Mljet (includes a national park)
* the Elaphiti islands - Koločep, Lopud, Šipan
* Lokrum (just outside Dubrovnik harbour)
* Palagruža (a tiny, southernmost one)
* Žirje
* Žut

All of the islands are tourist resorts these days.

There are two peninsulas, too, Istria and Pelješac.

Listed by the size

The biggest islands, listed in order of decreasing area, are:
# Cres, 405.7 km²
# Krk, 405.2 km²
# Brač, 396 km²
# Hvar, 299.7 km²
# Pag, 285 km²
# Korčula, 279 km²
# Dugi otok, 124 km²
# Mljet, 100.4 km²
# Rab, 93.6 km²
# Vis, 90.3 km²
# Lošinj, 74.4 km²
# Pašman, 63 km²
# Šolta, 51.9 km²
# Ugljan, 50.2 km²
# Kornat, 50 km²
# Lastovo, 46 km²
# "Brioni", 36.3 km² (group)
# Vir, 31,3 km²
# Čiovo, 28.8 km²
# Olib, 25.6 km²
# Murter, 18.7 km²
# Unije, 17 km²
# Šipan, 16.5 km²
# Silba, 15 km²

Complete list of islands

*Aba Duga
*Arkanđel
*Arta Mala
*Arta Velika
*Babac
*Badija
*Češvinica
*Dobri Otok
*Dolin
*Drvenik (Zlarin)
*Drvenik Mali
*Gangaro
*Gangarol
*Glamoč
*Goli otok
*Gustac
*Ilovik
*Jabuka
*Jakljan
*Jerolim
*Kakan
*Kameni Žakan
*Kasela
*Katina
*Knežak
*Kobrava
*Koločep
*Koludarc
*Kopište
*Košara
*Kozjak
*Krapanj
*Krknata
*Kručica
*Kurba Mala
*Kurba Vela
*Lavdara Vela
*Lavsa
*Levrnaka
*Logorun
*Lokrum
*Lopud
*Lunga (Kornat)
*Lupac
*Luški Otok
*Male Orjule
*Male Srakane
*Mali Brijuni
*Marinkovac
*Maslinovik
*Mišjak Mali
*Mišjak Veli
*Mrčara
*Murvenjak
*Obonjan
*Oključ
*Olipa
*Orud
*Oruda
*Ošljak
*Palagruža
*Piškera
*Planik
*Prežba
*Proizd
*Prvić (Šibenik)
*Radelj
*Rava
*Ravni Žakan
*Rivanj
*Ruda
*Saplun
*Šćitna
*Šilo Veliko
*Sit
*Škarda
*Škrda
*Škulj
*Smokvica Vela (Kornat)
*Stipanska
*Stomorina
*Sušac
*Susak
*Svetac Zverinac
*Sveti Klement
*Sveti Marko
*Sveti Petar
*Tetovišnjak Veliki
*Tijat
*Tramerka
*Trstenik (Cres)
*Tun Veli
*Vela
*Vele Orjule
*Veli Pržnjak
*Velike Srakane
*Veliki Brijuni
*Veliki Budikovac
*Vrgada
*Zeča
*Zečevo (Pag)
*Žižanj
*Zmajan
*Zvirinovik

ee also

* List of islands in the Adriatic
* List of inhabited islands of Croatia

External links

* [http://www.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeno/1999/0706.htm Croatian "Islands law"] hr icon


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