List of islands of Croatia

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 3,300 km² (1,300 sq mi).^[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]

Map of the Croatian islands

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 0.1 km² (0.04 sq mi), islets are between 0.1 and 1.0 km² (0.04 and 0.39 sq mi) and islands proper are bigger than 1.0 km² (0.39 sq mi).^[3]

#	Number	Area		Percentage of total area	Coastline length		Percentage of total coastline
		km2	sq mi		km	mi
Islands	79	3,195.71	1,233.87	98.04%	3,573.81	2,220.66	81.25%
Islets	525	62.41	24.10	1.91%	717.80	446.02	16.32%
Rocks and rocks awash	642	1.44	0.56	0.04%	106.82	66.37	2.43%
Total	1246	3,259.57	1,258.53	100.00%	4,398.44	2,733.06	100.00%
Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004.[3]

According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of 405.70 km² (156.64 sq mi), and Krk with an area of 405.22 km² (156.46 sq mi) (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of 1.04 km² (0.40 sq mi).^[3] The island with the longest coastline of 302.47 km (187.95 mi) is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of 5.8 km (3.60 mi) is Vele Orjule.^[3] The biggest islet is Badija with an area of 0.97 km² (0.37 sq mi), while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01 km² (0.0039 sq mi).^[3]

List of islands

The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of 1 km² (0.39 sq mi) or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.

#	Island	Area		Population	County	Coordinates
		km2	sq mi
1	Cres	405.70	156.64	3,184	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°52′07″N 14°25′22″E
2	Krk	405.22	156.46	17,860	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	45°04′27″N 14°36′28″E
3	Brač	395.44	152.68	14,031	Split-Dalmatia	43°19′26″N 16°38′33″E
4	Hvar	297.38	114.82	11,103	Split-Dalmatia	43°08′39″N 16°46′46″E
5	Pag	284.18	109.72	8,398	Lika-Senj / Zadar	44°28′59″N 14°58′00″E
6	Korčula	271.47	104.82	16,182	Dubrovnik-Neretva	42°56′20″N 16°54′11″E
7	Dugi Otok	113.30	43.75	1,772	Zadar	44°00′40″N 15°02′15″E
8	Mljet	98.02	37.85	1,111	Dubrovnik-Neretva	42°44′52″N 17°31′52″E
9	Vis	89.72	34.64	3,617	Split-Dalmatia	43°02′41″N 16°09′15″E
10	Rab	86.16	33.27	9,480	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°46′14″N 14°46′32″E
11	Pašman	60.11	23.21	2,711	Zadar	43°57′05″N 15°21′03″E
12	Šolta	58.18	22.46	1,479	Split-Dalmatia	43°22′46″N 16°17′51″E
13	Lošinj	74	29	7,771	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
14	Ugljan	51.05	19.71	6,182	Zadar	44°05′03″N 15°09′34″E
15	Lastovo	40.82	15.76	835	Dubrovnik-Neretva	42°45′15″N 16°52′31″E
16	Kornat	32.44	12.53	7	Šibenik-Knin	43°48′33″N 15°19′09″E
17	Čiovo	28.13	10.86	4,455	Split-Dalmatia	43°30′01″N 16°17′53″E
18	Olib	26.14	10.09	147	Zadar	44°22′41″N 14°47′08″E
19	Molat	22.18	8.56	207	Zadar	44°13′55″N 14°50′33″E
20	Vir	22.08	8.53	1,608	Zadar	44°18′16″N 15°03′59″E
22	Murter	17.58	6.79	5,060	Šibenik-Knin	43°48′04″N 15°36′46″E
23	Unije	16.88	6.52	90	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°38′56″N 14°15′25″E
24	Iž	16.51	6.37	557	Zadar	44°02′20″N 15°06′53″E
25	Šipan	16.22	6.26	436	Dubrovnik-Neretva	42°43′42″N 17°52′44″E
26	Sestrunj	15.12	5.84	48	Zadar	44°09′22″N 14°59′27″E
27	Žirje	15.08	5.82	124	Šibenik-Knin	43°39′05″N 15°39′41″E
28	Žut	14.83	5.73	0	Šibenik-Knin	43°51′47″N 15°18′51″E
29	Silba	14.27	5.51	265	Zadar	44°22′56″N 14°41′41″E
30	Prvić (Krk)	12.76	4.93	0	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°54′38″N 14°48′05″E
31	Drvenik Veliki	11.70	4.52	168	Split-Dalmatia	43°26′39″N 16°08′43″E
32	Ist	9.73	3.76	202	Zadar	44°16′28″N 14°45′51″E
33	Premuda	8.67	3.35	58	Zadar	44°19′44″N 14°37′31″E
34	Plavnik	8.64	3.34	0	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°58′17″N 14°31′30″E
35	Maun	8.50	3.28	0	Zadar	44°25′42″N 14°55′21″E
36	Šćedro	8.37	3.23	0	Split-Dalmatia	43°05′18″N 16°42′07″E
37	Zlarin	8.05	3.11	276	Šibenik-Knin	43°41′19″N 15°50′56″E
38	Kaprije	7.12	2.75	143	Šibenik-Knin	43°41′51″N 15°42′01″E
39	Sveti Grgur	6.38	2.46	0	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	44°52′02″N 14°45′35″E
40	Biševo	5.92	2.29	19	Split-Dalmatia	42°58′27″N 16°00′39″E
41	Veliki Brijun	5.72	2.21	0	Istria
42	Ilovik	5.50	2.12	104	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
43	Sveti Klement	5.28	2.04	0	Split-Dalmatia
44	Dolin	4.61	1.78	0	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
45	Goli Otok	4.54	1.75	0	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
46	Lopud	4.38	1.69	269	Dubrovnik-Neretva
47	Svetac	4.19	1.62	0	Split-Dalmatia
48	Zverinac	4.18	1.61	48	Zadar
49	Sušac	4.03	1.56	0	Dubrovnik-Neretva
50	Škarda	3.78	1.46	0	Zadar
51	Susak	3.77	1.46	188	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
52	Rava	3.63	1.40	98	Zadar
53	Rivanj	3.62	1.40	22	Zadar
54	Drvenik Mali	3.43	1.32	54	Split-Dalmatia
55	Kakan	3.39	1.31	0	Šibenik-Knin
56	Zmajan	3.30	1.27	0	Šibenik-Knin
57	Jakljan	3.07	1.19	0	Dubrovnik-Neretva
58	Prežba	2.80	1.08	0	Dubrovnik-Neretva
59	Tijat	2.78	1.07	0
60	Piškera	2.67	1.03	0	Zadar
61	Zeča	2.55	0.98	0
62	Koločep	2.44	0.94	294	Dubrovnik-Neretva
63	Prvić (Šibenik)	2.41	0.93	453
64	Vrgada	2.32	0.90	242
65	Lavdara	2.27	0.88	0
66	Tun Veli	2.21	0.85	0
67	Škrda	2.05	0.79	0
68	Levrnaka	1.84	0.71	0
69	Lavsa	1.78	0.69	0
70	Sit	1.77	0.68	0
71	Kurba Vela	1.74	0.67	0
72	Mrčara	1.45	0.56	0	Dubrovnik-Neretva
73	Arta Velika	1.28	0.49	0	Šibenik-Knin
74	Vele Srakane	1.18	0.46	8
75	Katina	1.13	0.44	0
76	Planik	1.09	0.42	0
77	Mali Brijun	1.07	0.41	0
78	Vele Orjule	1.06	0.41	0
79	Smokvica Vela	1.05	0.41	0

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 (hridi) and 78 reefs (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

References

1. Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "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" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
2. "Kartografi protiv Turističke zajednice - Imamo 1246 otoka, tko je izgubio dva, ne znamo". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
3. Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "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" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar, Croatia: Hrvatsko geografsko društvo - Zadar, Geography Department, University of Zadar. ISSN 1331-2294. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
4. Croatian Bureau of Statistics (2009). "Geographical and meteorological data" (PDF). Statistical Yearbook for 2009. Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 44. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
5. Biondich, Mark (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture, page 414. ABC-CLIO; ISBN 1-57607-800-0.

External links

• "The Islands Act (Refined Text)" (PDF). Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.