Tag: croatia

Goli otok (pronounced [ɡôliː ǒtok]; literal translation: barren island, Italian: Isola Calva) is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rab‘s northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Croatia‘s Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. The island is barren and uninhabited. Its northern shore is almost completely bare, while the southern one has small amounts […]

The Brijuni Islands had some Ancient Roman settlements, but up to the late 19th century the islands were mainly used for their quarries, which have been worked on for centuries. The islands belonged to Venice from the Middle Ages, and stone from the islands was used to build the palaces and bridges of the city.[1] […]

The Kornati (pronounced [kɔ̝rnǎːti]) archipelago 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 35 km in length and 140 islands, some large, some small, in a sea area of about 320 km², the Kornati are the densest archipelago […]

Ugljan (pronounced [ûɡʎan]; Italian: Ugliano) 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 with the island of Pašman by a bridge spanning over the […]

Brač (Croatian pronunciation: [brâːtʃ]; local dialect: Broč; Latin: Bretia, Brattia; Italian: Brazza) is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of 396 km²,[1] making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. Its tallest peak, Vidova gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at 778 m, making it the […]

Iž (pronounced [îːʒ]; Italian: Eso, German: Ese) is an island in the Zadar Archipelago in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. It is situated between Ugljan on the north-east and Dugi otok on the south-west and is about an hour's ferry ride from Zadar. It has an area of 17.59 km²[1] and a population of 557.[2] […]

Murter (pronounced [mǔrtɛːr]) is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic sea, located in central Dalmatiaat Population The town of Murter is located on the north-western part of the island. Other settlements on the island include the small town of Betina on the northwestern side and Jezera and Tisno on the southeastern coast. In […]

Sveti Grgur (Italian: San Gregorio) is an uninhabited island in Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea between Rab and Krk. The island was the site of a women's prison in communist Yugoslavia from 1948 to 1988.Source: Wikipedia

Krk (pronounced [kr̩̂k]; German: Vegl; Latin: Curicta; Italian: Veglia, Ancient greek Kyrikon, Κύρικον) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county.Krk has for many years been thought the largest Adriatic island, with an area of 405.78 km2 (156.67 sq mi),[1][2] although recent measurements […]

Jabuka (pronounced [jâbuka], which means apple in Croatian) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Adriatic Sea, west of the island of Vis.[1] It is part of the Dalmatian archipelago. The closest land mass, yet small, are Svetac and Brusnik.Source: Wikipedia