Klek (peninsula) explained

Native Name Link:Bosnian language
Location:Adriatic Sea
Pushpin Map:Bosnia#Dinaric Alps
Pushpin Relief:yes
Archipelago:Neum-Klek
Country:Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country Admin Divisions Title:Entity
Country Admin Divisions:Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Population:?
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Canton/županija
Country Admin Divisions 1:Herzegovina-Neretva
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions 2:Neum

Klek is a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea located southwest of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It encloses the Bay of Neum, separating it from the larger Bay of Mali Ston and the Pelješac peninsula. At the cape of the peninsula, a few hundred meters from the shore, is a small islet as part of a reef consisting series of bare rocks appearing under the water table (hrid, hridina). It is called Lopata, and at the tip of the reef there is a lighthouse, also called Lopata. At the very tip of the peninsula, there is another lighthouse, called Rep Kleka.[1] [2] [3]

The tip of the peninsula, known as Rep Kleka (also known as Ponta repa and Turski rep), that lies directly across the eponymous village of Klek in Croatia, is disputed between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia; they last negotiated its status in the 1999 Neum Agreement.

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  1. Web site: Granica općine Neum u Malostonskom zaljevu od 1974. . infobiro.ba . . 6 February 2022 . 29 November 2005.
  2. Web site: Neum i granični problemi . www.hercegovina.info . 6 February 2022 . hr . 13 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Lighthouses of Bosnia and Herzegovina . www.ibiblio.org . 6 February 2022.