List of islands of Croatia

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Map of the Croatian islands

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]

Largest islands

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

Northern seacoast

Northern Dalmatia

Central and southern Dalmatia

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
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 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.

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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  5. Biondich, Mark (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 414. ISBN 1-57607-800-0.

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