Vele Orjule Explained

Vele Orjule
Map:Croatia
Native Name Link:Croatian language
Location:Adriatic Sea
Coordinates:44.5°N 14.5558°W
Archipelago:Cres-Lošinj
Area Km2:1.06
Highest Mount:Pristavnica
Elevation M:30
Country:Croatia
Population:0

Vele Orjule is an uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located southeast of Lošinj. Its area is 1.06km2.[1]

The west side of the island provide good and sheltered anchorage.

In 1996, the statue of Croatian Apoxyomenos was discovered there.

Notes and References

  1. Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000. Geoadria. Zadar. 9. 1. 5–32. June 2004. Duplančić Leder . Tea. Ujević. Tin. Čala. Mendi. 10.15291/geoadria.127. PDF. 23 December 2019. free.