Žut () is an uninhabited

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in the

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n part of the

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, in central

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. With an area of it is the 28th largest island in Croatia and the second largest island in the Kornati archipelago, after Kornat. Although most of the archipelago, composed of 89 islands, islets and rocks, is included in the Kornati National Park, the island of Žut is not. Žut is located between the islands of

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and Kornat and its coastline is unusually long at , thanks to the large number of coves and bays. The island's highest point is the Gubavac peak at

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. Due to centuries of

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practices, Žut is almost barren of

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, otherwise common in most Adriatic islands. There is no farmland on the island, and it never had any permanent settlements. Today, there is a 135-berth

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on the island, with a restaurant and a grocery store, operated by ACI Club and open from April to October. In historical sources, the island has been referred to as Xut, Iunctus, Zuth and Zunchio. Although the island's name might suggest it (Žut is "yellow" in Croatian), it is not Slavic in origin, being derived from Latin ''junctus'' ("adjacent", "close"), which refers either to the island's closeness to Kornat, or its former status as a part of private property on Kornat. According to measurements done in the early 2000s, Žut is also the largest uninhabited island in Croatia, being almost larger than Prvić near Krk, which had previously been thought to hold this distinction. __NOTOC__

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zut Kornati Islands Islands of Croatia Islands of the Adriatic Sea Uninhabited islands of Croatia Landforms of Šibenik-Knin County

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