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 according to definitions, and they cover a total area of about 3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi).[1]
The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and across different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.[2]
Contents
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 along with Cres
- Plavnik
- Cres, the largest along with Krk
- Lošinj
- Ilovik
- Unije
- Susak
- Prvić
- Goli otok
- Sveti Grgur
- Rab
- Pag
- Olib
- Silba
- Premuda
- Ist
- Molat
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, closest to Italy
- Svetac
- Korčula, the most populated one
- Lastovo
- Mljet, includes a national park
- the Elaphiti Islands: Koločep, Lopud, Šipan
- Lokrum
- Palagruža, southernmost one
- 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 (Croatian: otoci), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than 0.1 km², islets are between 0.1 and 1.0 km² and islands proper are bigger than 1.0 km².[3]
# |
Number |
Area (km²) |
Percentage of total area |
Coastline length (km) |
Percentage of total coastline |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Islands | 79 | 3,195.71 | 3,573.81 | ||
Islets | 525 | 62.41 | 717.80 | ||
Rocks and rocks awash | 642 | 1.44 | 106.82 | ||
Total | 1246 | 3,259.57 | 4,398.44 | ||
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 405.70 km2, and Krk with an area of 405.22 km2 (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of 1.04 km2.[3]
The island with the longest coastline of 302.47 km (187.95 mi) is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of 5.8 km (3.60 mi) is Vele Orjule.[3]
The biggest islet is Badija with an area of 0.97 km2, while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01 km2.[3]
List of islands
The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of 1 km2 or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.
# | Island | Area (km2) | Population | County | Coordinates |
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1 | Cres | 405.70 | 3,184 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
2 | Krk | 405.22 | 17,860 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
3 | Brač | 395.44 | 14,031 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
4 | Hvar | 297.38 | 11,103 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
5 | Pag | 284.18 | 8,398 | Lika-Senj / Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
6 | Korčula | 271.47 | 16,182 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
7 | Dugi otok | 113.30 | 1,772 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
8 | Mljet | 98.02 | 1,111 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
9 | Vis | 89.72 | 3,617 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
10 | Rab | 86.16 | 9,480 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
11 | Pašman | 60.11 | 2,711 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
12 | Šolta | 58.18 | 1,479 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
13 | Lošinj | 74 | 7,771 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
14 | Ugljan | 51.05 | 6,182 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
15 | Lastovo | 40.82 | 835 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
16 | Kornat | 32.44 | 7 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
17 | Čiovo | 28.13 | 4,455 | Split-Damatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
18 | Olib | 26.14 | 147 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
19 | Molat | 22.18 | 207 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
20 | Vir | 22.08 | 1,608 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
21 | Mali Lošinj | 21.79 | 8,116 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
22 | Murter | 17.58 | 5,060 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
23 | Unije | 16.88 | 90 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
24 | Iž | 16.51 | 557 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
25 | Šipan | 16.22 | 436 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
26 | Sestrunj | 15.12 | 48 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
27 | Žirje | 15.08 | 124 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
28 | Žut | 14.83 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
29 | Silba | 14.27 | 265 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
30 | Prvić (Krk) | 12.76 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
31 | Drvenik Veliki | 11.70 | 168 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
32 | Ist | 9.73 | 202 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
33 | Premuda | 8.67 | 58 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
34 | Plavnik | 8.64 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
35 | Maun | 8.50 | 0 | Zadar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
36 | Šćedro | 8.37 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
37 | Zlarin | 8.05 | 276 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
38 | Kaprije | 7.12 | 143 | Šibenik-Knin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
39 | Sveti Grgur | 6.38 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
40 | Biševo | 5.92 | 19 | Split-Dalmatia | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
41 | Veliki Brijun | 5.72 | 0 | Istria | |
42 | Ilovik | 5.50 | 104 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
43 | Sveti Klement | 5.28 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | |
44 | Dolin | 4.61 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
45 | Goli otok | 4.54 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
46 | Lopud | 4.38 | 269 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
47 | Svetac | 4.19 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | |
48 | Zverinac | 4.18 | 48 | Zadar | |
49 | Sušac | 4.03 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
50 | Škarda | 3.78 | 0 | Zadar | |
51 | Susak | 3.77 | 188 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
52 | Rava | 3.63 | 98 | Zadar | |
53 | Rivanj | 3.62 | 22 | Zadar | |
54 | Drvenik Mali | 3.43 | 54 | Split-Dalmatia | |
55 | Kakan | 3.39 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
56 | Zmajan | 3.30 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
57 | Jakljan | 3.07 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
58 | Prežba | 2.80 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
59 | Tijat | 2.78 | 0 | ||
60 | Piškera | 2.67 | 0 | Zadar | |
61 | Zeča | 2.55 | 0 | ||
62 | Koločep | 2.44 | 294 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
63 | Prvić (Šibenik) | 2.41 | 453 | ||
64 | Vrgada | 2.32 | 242 | ||
65 | Lavdara | 2.27 | 0 | ||
66 | Tun Veli | 2.21 | 0 | ||
67 | Škrda | 2.05 | 0 | ||
68 | Levrnaka | 1.84 | 0 | ||
69 | Lavsa | 1.78 | 0 | ||
70 | Sit | 1.77 | 0 | ||
71 | Kurba Vela | 1.74 | 0 | ||
72 | Mrčara | 1.45 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
73 | Arta Velika | 1.28 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
74 | Vele Srakane | 1.18 | 8 | ||
75 | Katina | 1.13 | 0 | ||
76 | Planik | 1.09 | 0 | ||
77 | Mali Brijun | 1.07 | 0 | ||
78 | Vele Orjule | 1.06 | 0 | ||
79 | Smokvica Vela | 1.05 | 0 |
Selected islets
The following is an incomplete list of islets.
- Badija
- Brijuni
- Galešnjak
- Galijula, southernmost Croatian island.
- Jabuka
- Jaz
- Knežak
- Košljun
- Kozjak
- Krapanj
- Lokrum
- Lunga (Kornat)
- Lupac
- Male Srakane
- Olipa
- Ošljak
- Palagruža
- Pokonji Dol, eastern-most island of the Paklinski 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 (Croatian: otoci), 389 rocks (hridi) and 78 reefs (grebeni).[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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External links
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