List of islands of Croatia
This is a list of islands of Croatia. There are over a thousand islands in Croatia, the exact number varying by definitions, and they cover a total area of about Script error: No such module "convert"..[1] The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.[2]
Largest islands
These are the larger ones, sorted approximately from northwest to southeast:
Northern seacoast
- the Brijuni islands, also a national park
- Krk, the largest population, the largest area along with Cres
- Plavnik
- Cres, the largest area along with Krk
- Lošinj
- Ilovik
- Unije
- Susak
- Prvić
- Goli Otok
- Sveti Grgur
- Rab
- Pag
- Olib
- Silba
- Premuda
- Ist
- Molat
- Košljun
Northern Dalmatia
- Vir
- Dugi Otok
- Ugljan
- Iž
- Pašman
- the Kornati archipelago, also a national park
- Krapanj
- Murter
- Sestrunj
- Škarda
- Zlarin
Central and southern Dalmatia
- Čiovo
- Drvenik
- Šolta
- Brač
- Hvar
- Vis
- Biševo
- Brusnik
- Jabuka
- Svetac
- Korčula
- Lastovo
- Mljet
- the Elaphiti Islands: Koločep (southernmost inhabited island), Lopud, Šipan
- Lokrum
- Palagruža (southernmost island)
- Žirje
- Žut
Hydrographic Institute definitions
The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia classifies all landforms surrounded by water in the Adriatic Sea as islands (Template:Langx), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than Script error: No such module "convert"., islets are between Script error: No such module "convert". and islands proper are bigger than Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
| # | Number | Area | Percentage of total area |
Coastline length | Percentage of total coastline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | km | mi | ||||
| Islands | 79 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 98.04% | Script error: No such module "convert". | 81.25% | ||
| Islets | 525 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 1.91% | Script error: No such module "convert". | 16.32% | ||
| Rocks and rocks awash | 642 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 0.04% | Script error: No such module "convert". | 2.43% | ||
| Total | 1246 | Script error: No such module "convert". | 100.00% | Script error: No such module "convert". | 100.00% | ||
| Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004.[3] | |||||||
According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., and Krk with an area of Script error: No such module "convert". (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3] The island with the longest coastline of Script error: No such module "convert". is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of Script error: No such module "convert". is Vele Orjule.[3] The biggest islet is Badija with an area of Script error: No such module "convert"., while the smallest one is Galicija covering Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
List of islands
The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of Script error: No such module "convert". or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal. Script error: No such module "Side box".
| # | Island | Area | Population | County | Coordinates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| km2 | sq mi | |||||
| 1 | Cres | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 2 | Krk | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 3 | Brač | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 4 | Hvar | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 5 | Pag | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Lika-Senj / Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 6 | Korčula | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 7 | Dugi Otok | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 8 | Mljet | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 9 | Vis | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 10 | Rab | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 11 | Pašman | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 12 | Šolta | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 13 | Lošinj | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | ||
| 14 | Ugljan | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 15 | Lastovo | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 16 | Kornat | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 17 | Čiovo | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 18 | Olib | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 19 | Molat | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 20 | Vir | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 22 | Murter | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 23 | Unije | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 24 | Iž | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 25 | Šipan | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 26 | Sestrunj | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 27 | Žirje | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 28 | Žut | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 29 | Silba | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 30 | Prvić (Krk) | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 31 | Drvenik Veli | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 32 | Ist | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 33 | Premuda | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 34 | Plavnik | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 35 | Maun | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 36 | Šćedro | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 37 | Zlarin | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 38 | Kaprije | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 39 | Sveti Grgur | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 40 | Biševo | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | Script error: No such module "Coordinates". | |
| 41 | Veli Brijun | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Istria | ||
| 42 | Ilovik | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | ||
| 43 | Sveti Klement | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | ||
| 44 | Dolin | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | ||
| 45 | Goli Otok | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | ||
| 46 | Lopud | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 47 | Svetac | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | ||
| 48 | Zverinac | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | ||
| 49 | Sušac | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 50 | Škarda | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | ||
| 51 | Susak | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | ||
| 52 | Rava | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | ||
| 53 | Rivanj | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | ||
| 54 | Drvenik Mali | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Split-Dalmatia | ||
| 55 | Kakan | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | ||
| 56 | Zmajan | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | ||
| 57 | Jakljan | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 58 | Prežba | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 59 | Tijat | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 60 | Piškera | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Zadar | ||
| 61 | Zeča | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 62 | Koločep | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 63 | Prvić (Šibenik) | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 64 | Vrgada | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 65 | Lavdara | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 66 | Tun Veli | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 67 | Škrda | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 68 | Levrnaka | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 69 | Lavsa | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 70 | Sit | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 71 | Kurba Vela | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 72 | Mrčara | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Dubrovnik-Neretva | ||
| 73 | Arta Velika | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | Šibenik-Knin | ||
| 74 | Vele Srakane | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 75 | Katina | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 76 | Planik | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 77 | Mali Brijun | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 78 | Vele Orjule | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
| 79 | Smokvica Vela | Script error: No such module "convert". | Template:Nts | |||
Selected islets
The following is an incomplete list of islets.
- Badija
- Brijuni
- Farfarikulac, island in the Telašćica Nature Park
- Galešnjak
- Galijula, southernmost Croatian island.
- Jabuka
- Jaz
- Knežak
- Košljun
- Kozjak
- Krapanj
- Lokrum
- Lunga (Kornat)
- Lupac
- Male Srakane
- Olipa
- Ošljak
- Palagruža
- Pokonji Dol, easternmost island of the Pakleni otoci archipelago
- Radelj
- Ruda
- Sveti Andrija (Dubrovnik), uninhabited island near Dubrovnik
- Sveti Andrija (Rovinj), also known as Crveni otok (English: Red Island), off the coast of Rovinj
Bureau of Statistics definitions
The Croatian Bureau of Statistics uses data from the Geographical Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb, which classifies a total of 1,185 islands, rocks and reefs: 48 inhabited islands, 670 uninhabited islands (Template:Langx), 389 rocks (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and 78 reefs (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[4] The rocks and reefs are defined as the "rocky remains of an islet or a rocky formation destroyed by abrasion", differentiated by whether they are "always above sea level" or "at, under or above sea level (at low tide)", respectively.[4]
Other definitions
Mark Biondich's Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture puts the number of Croatian islands at 1,246. Of these, there are 718 islands in the conventional sense, 389 cliffs, and 78 reefs.[5]
See also
References
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