List of islands of Croatia

Map of the Croatian islands

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 Template:Convert.<ref name="Duplancic-Cala-Ujevic">Template:Cite journal</ref> The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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 population, the largest area along with Cres,
• Plavnik
• Cres, the largest area along with Krk
• Lošinj
• Ilovik
• Unije
• Susak
• Prvić
• Goli Otok
• Sveti Grgur
• Rab
• Pag
• Olib
• Silba
• Premuda
• Ist
• Molat
• Košljun

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
• 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 (Template:Langx), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than Template:Convert, islets are between Template:Convert and islands proper are bigger than Template:Convert.<ref name="duplancic-leder-2004">Template:Cite journal</ref>

#	Number	Area		Percentage of total area	Coastline length		Percentage of total coastline
		km2	sq mi		km	mi
Islands	79	Template:Convert	98.04%	Template:Convert	81.25%
Islets	525	Template:Convert	1.91%	Template:Convert	16.32%
Rocks and rocks awash	642	Template:Convert	0.04%	Template:Convert	2.43%
Total	1246	Template:Convert	100.00%	Template:Convert	100.00%
Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004.<ref name="duplancic-leder-2004"/>

According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of Template:Convert, and Krk with an area of Template:Convert (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of Template:Convert.<ref name="duplancic-leder-2004"/> The island with the longest coastline of Template:Convert is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of Template:Convert is Vele Orjule.<ref name="duplancic-leder-2004"/> The biggest islet is Badija with an area of Template:Convert, while the smallest one is Galicija covering Template:Convert.<ref name="duplancic-leder-2004"/>

List of islands

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

#	Island	Area		Population	County	Coordinates
		km2	sq mi
1	Cres	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
2	Krk	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
3	Brač	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
4	Hvar	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
5	Pag	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Lika-Senj / Zadar	Template:Coord
6	Korčula	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Template:Coord
7	Dugi Otok	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
8	Mljet	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Template:Coord
9	Vis	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
10	Rab	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
11	Pašman	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
12	Šolta	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
13	Lošinj	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
14	Ugljan	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
15	Lastovo	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Template:Coord
16	Kornat	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
17	Čiovo	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
18	Olib	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
19	Molat	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
20	Vir	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
22	Murter	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
23	Unije	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
24	Iž	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
25	Šipan	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva	Template:Coord
26	Sestrunj	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
27	Žirje	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
28	Žut	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
29	Silba	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
30	Prvić (Krk)	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
31	Drvenik Veli	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
32	Ist	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
33	Premuda	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
34	Plavnik	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
35	Maun	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar	Template:Coord
36	Šćedro	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
37	Zlarin	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
38	Kaprije	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin	Template:Coord
39	Sveti Grgur	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar	Template:Coord
40	Biševo	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia	Template:Coord
41	Veli Brijun	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Istria
42	Ilovik	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
43	Sveti Klement	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia
44	Dolin	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
45	Goli Otok	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
46	Lopud	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
47	Svetac	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia
48	Zverinac	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar
49	Sušac	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
50	Škarda	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar
51	Susak	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Primorje-Gorski Kotar
52	Rava	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar
53	Rivanj	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar
54	Drvenik Mali	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Split-Dalmatia
55	Kakan	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin
56	Zmajan	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin
57	Jakljan	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
58	Prežba	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
59	Tijat	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
60	Piškera	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Zadar
61	Zeča	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
62	Koločep	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
63	Prvić (Šibenik)	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
64	Vrgada	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
65	Lavdara	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
66	Tun Veli	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
67	Škrda	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
68	Levrnaka	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
69	Lavsa	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
70	Sit	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
71	Kurba Vela	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
72	Mrčara	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Dubrovnik-Neretva
73	Arta Velika	Template:Convert	Template:Nts	Šibenik-Knin
74	Vele Srakane	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
75	Katina	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
76	Planik	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
77	Mali Brijun	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
78	Vele Orjule	Template:Convert	Template:Nts
79	Smokvica Vela	Template:Convert	Template:Nts

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 (Template:Langx), 389 rocks (Template:Lang) and 78 reefs (Template:Lang).<ref name="dzs-yearbook">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="dzs-yearbook"/>

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.<ref>Biondich, Mark (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture, page 414. ABC-CLIO; Template:ISBN.</ref>

See also

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

External links

• Template:Cite web