This is a list of islands of Croatia. There are over a thousand islands in

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, the exact number varying by definitions, and they cover a total area of about . The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.

Largest islands

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

Northern seacoast

* the

Brijuni The Brijuni () or the Brijuni Islands (also known as the Brionian Islands; same as it, Brioni) are a group of fourteen small islands in the Croatian part of the northern Adriatic Sea, separated from the west coast of the Istrian peninsula by ...

islands, also a

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Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski K ...

, the largest along with Cres * Plavnik *

Cres Cres (; dlm, Crepsa, vec, Cherso, it, Cherso, la, Crepsa, Greek: Χέρσος, ''Chersos'') is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, the island Krk ...

, the largest along with Krk *

Lošinj Lošinj (; it, Lussino; vec, Lusin, earlier ''Osero''; german: Lötzing; la, Apsorrus; grc, Ἄψορρος) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the ...

* Ilovik * Unije * Susak *

Prvić Prvić (pronounced ; it, Provicchio) is a small island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. It is situated in the Šibenik archipelago, about half a mile from the mainland, in the vicinity of Vodice. The whole island is under protection of ...

* Goli Otok * Sveti Grgur * Rab * Pag * Olib * Silba * Premuda * Ist *

Molat Molat (pronounced ; it, Melada) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is situated near Zadar, southeast from Ist, separated by Zapuntel strait. It has area of . The settlements on the island are Molat (population 107), Zapuntel (pop. 42 ...

Northern Dalmatia

* Vir *

Dugi Otok Dugi Otok (; Croatian for "Long Island", it, Isola Lunga) is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. It is located off the Dalmatian coast, west of Zadar. It is the largest and westernmost of the Zadarian Islands, and d ...

Ugljan Ugljan () is a Croatian island and the first in the Zadar Archipelago. It is located northwest of the island of Pašman and southeast of the islands of Rivanj and Sestrunj. Separated from the mainland by the Zadar Channel, it is connected wi ...

* Iž *

Pašman Pašman () is an List of islands in the Adriatic, Adriatic island off the coast of northern Dalmatia in Croatia with an area of 60.11 km2, located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands of Ugljan to the northwest, Iž to the west, ...

* the

Kornati The Kornati archipelago (; it, Isole Incoronate) of Croatia, also known as the Stomorski islands, is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, south from Zadar and west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin County. With length and 89 islands, som ...

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arch ...

, also a

Krapanj Krapanj is an island in the Adriatic Sea, located south of Šibenik, Croatia. Krapanj is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Adriatic Sea covering 0.36 km2. It is also the most densely inhabited island and has the lowest elevation ...

Murter Murter (; it, Mortero; la, Colentum) is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. Population The main settlements on the island are Murter, located on the north-western part of the island, and the southern part of Tisno. Other sett ...

* Sestrunj * Škarda *

Zlarin Zlarin is a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Croatia near the mainland city of Šibenik. Administratively, it is part of Šibenik-Knin County. In the winter time, the island has a population of 284, but from March to October its population ...

Central and southern Dalmatia

Čiovo Čiovo (pronounced ; it, Bua) is an island located off the Adriatic coast in Croatia with an area of (length , width up to ), population of 5,908 inhabitants (2011) and its highest peak is 218 m (Rudine). The centre of the island has geographi ...

Drvenik Drvenik may mean: * Drvenik, Split-Dalmatia County, village near Makarska, Croatia * Drvenik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, village in Konavle, Croatia * Drvenik Veli, island in central Dalmatia, Croatia * Drvenik Veliki Drvenik Veli is an island i ...

Šolta Šolta (; it, Solta; la, Solentium) is an island in Croatia. It is situated in the Adriatic Sea in the central Dalmatian archipelago, west of the island of Brač, south of Split (separated by Split Channel) and east of the Drvenik islands, Dr ...

Brač Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide. The island's tal ...

Hvar Hvar (; Chakavian: ''Hvor'' or ''For'', el, Φάρος, Pharos, la, Pharia, it, Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula. Approximately long, ...

* Vis * Biševo * Brusnik * Jabuka, closest to

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* Svetac *

Korčula Korčula (, it, Curzola) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It has an area of , is long and on average wide, and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 15,522 inhabitants (2011) make it the second most populous Adriatic island after ...

, the most populated one *

Lastovo Lastovo (; it, Lagosta, german: Augusta, la, Augusta Insula, el, Ladestanos, Illyrian languages, Illyrian: ''Ladest'') is an island municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The municipality consists of 46 islands with a total ...

Mljet Mljet (; la, Melita, it, Meleda) is the southernmost and easternmost of the larger Adriatic islands of the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The National Park includes the western part of the island, Veliko jezero, Malo jezero, Soline Bay and a sea ...

, 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 ( hr, otoci), islets (''otočići'') and rocks (''hridi''). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than , islets are between and islands proper are bigger than . According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of , and Krk with an area of (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of . The island with the longest coastline of is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of is Vele Orjule. The biggest islet is Badija with an area of , while the smallest one is Galicija covering .

List of islands

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

Selected islets

The following is an incomplete list of islets. * Badija *

* Farfarikulac, island in the Telašćica Nature Park * Galešnjak * Galijula, southernmost Croatian island. * Jabuka * Jaz * Knežak * Košljun * Kozjak *

* 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

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uses data from the Geographical Department of the Faculty of Science of the

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, which classifies a total of 1,185 islands, rocks and reefs: 48 inhabited islands, 670 uninhabited islands ( hr, otoci), 389 rocks (') and 78 reefs ('). 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.

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.Biondich, Mark (2005). ''Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture'', page 414. ABC-CLIO; .

References

External links

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