List of islands of Croatia explained

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 3300km2.^[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 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
• Svetac
• Korčula (most populated island)
• 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 (Croatian: otoci), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than 0.1km2, islets are between 0.1and and islands proper are bigger than 1km2.^[3]

	Number	Area		Percentage of total area	Coastline length		Percentage of total coastline
		km^2	sq mi		km	mi
Islands	79	3195.71disp=tableNaNdisp=table	98.04%	3573.81disp=tableNaNdisp=table	81.25%
Islets	525	62.41disp=tableNaNdisp=table	1.91%	717.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table	16.32%
Rocks and rocks awash	642	1.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table	0.04%	106.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table	2.43%
Total	1246	3259.57disp=tableNaNdisp=table	100.00%	4398.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table	100.00%
Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004.

According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of 405.7km2, and Krk with an area of 405.22km2 (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of 1.04km2.^[3] The island with the longest coastline of 302.47km (187.95miles) is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of 5.8km (03.6miles) is Vele Orjule.^[3] The biggest islet is Badija with an area of 0.97km2, while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01km2.^[3]

List of islands

The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of 1km2 or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.

width=30px rowspan=2		width=90px rowspan=2	Island	width=60px colspan=2	Area	width=60px rowspan=2	Population	width=150px rowspan=2	County	Coordinates
km^2	sq mi
1	Cres	405.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
2	Krk	405.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
3	Brač	395.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
4	Hvar	297.38disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
5	Pag	284.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Lika-Senj / Zadar
6	Korčula	271.47disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
7	Dugi Otok	113.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
8	Mljet	98.02disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
9	Vis	89.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
10	Rab	86.16disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
11	Pašman	60.11disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
12	Šolta	58.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
13	Lošinj	74disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
14	Ugljan	51.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
15	Lastovo	40.82disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
16	Kornat	32.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
17	Čiovo	28.13disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
18	Olib	26.14disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
19	Molat	22.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
20	Vir	22.08disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
22	Murter	17.58disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
23	Unije	16.88disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
24	Iž	16.51disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
25	Šipan	16.22disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
26	Sestrunj	15.12disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
27	Žirje	15.08disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
28	Žut	14.83disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
29	Silba	14.27disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
30	Prvić (Krk)	12.76disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
31	Drvenik Veliki	11.7disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
32	Ist	9.73disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
33	Premuda	8.67disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
34	Plavnik	8.64disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
35	Maun	8.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
36	Šćedro	8.37disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
37	Zlarin	8.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
38	Kaprije	7.12disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
39	Sveti Grgur	6.38disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
40	Biševo	5.92disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
41	Veliki Brijun	5.72disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Istria
42	Ilovik	5.5disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
43	Sveti Klement	5.28disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
44	Dolin	4.61disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
45	Goli Otok	4.54disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
46	Lopud	4.38disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
47	Svetac	4.19disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
48	Zverinac	4.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
49	Sušac	4.03disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
50	Škarda	3.78disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
51	Susak	3.77disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Primorje-Gorski Kotar
52	Rava	3.63disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
53	Rivanj	3.62disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
54	Drvenik Mali	3.43disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Split-Dalmatia
55	Kakan	3.39disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
56	Zmajan	3.3disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
57	Jakljan	3.07disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
58	Prežba	2.8disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
59	Tijat	2.78disp=tableNaNdisp=table
60	Piškera	2.67disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Zadar
61	Zeča	2.55disp=tableNaNdisp=table
62	Koločep	2.44disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
63	Prvić (Šibenik)	2.41disp=tableNaNdisp=table
64	Vrgada	2.32disp=tableNaNdisp=table
65	Lavdara	2.27disp=tableNaNdisp=table
66	Tun Veli	2.21disp=tableNaNdisp=table
67	Škrda	2.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table
68	Levrnaka	1.84disp=tableNaNdisp=table
69	Lavsa	1.78disp=tableNaNdisp=table
70	Sit	1.77disp=tableNaNdisp=table
71	Kurba Vela	1.74disp=tableNaNdisp=table
72	Mrčara	1.45disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Dubrovnik-Neretva
73	Arta Velika	1.28disp=tableNaNdisp=table		Šibenik-Knin
74	Vele Srakane	1.18disp=tableNaNdisp=table
75	Katina	1.13disp=tableNaNdisp=table
76	Planik	1.09disp=tableNaNdisp=table
77	Mali Brijun	1.07disp=tableNaNdisp=table
78	Vele Orjule	1.06disp=tableNaNdisp=table
79	Smokvica Vela	1.05disp=tableNaNdisp=table

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 (Croatian: otoci), 389 rocks (Croatian: hridi) and 78 reefs (Croatian: 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

• • List of islands in the Adriatic List of islands of Europe
• List of inhabited islands of Croatia

External links

• Web site: The Islands Act (Refined Text). Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20110807224132/http://www.mmpi.hr/UserDocsImages/080306-islands-act.pdf. 7 August 2011. dead.

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. 25 November 2019. free.
2. News: Kartografi protiv Turističke zajednice - Imamo 1246 otoka, tko je izgubio dva, ne znamo. 8 June 2010. Jutarnji list. hr. 30 August 2016.
3. Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea as determined from topographic maps at a 1:25,000 scale. Tea . Duplančić Leder. Tin . Ujević. Mendi . Čala. Geoadria. 9. 1. June 2004. Hrvatsko geografsko društvo - Zadar, Geography Department, University of Zadar. Zadar, Croatia. 1331-2294. PDF. 30 August 2016.
4. Web site: Geographical and meteorological data. 30 August 2016. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2009. Statistical Yearbook for 2009. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 44.
5. Biondich, Mark (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture, page 414. ABC-CLIO; .