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Croatian islands
All Croatian islands larger than one square kilometre, plus the smaller inhabited ones: outline, area, highest peak, harbours and anchorages. For the most interesting ones we have also written a short guide for boaters.
- islands in the guide
- 84
- inhabited
- 52
- km² total area
- 3,198
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Cres
- Area
- 406 km²
- Population
- 2,849
- Highest peak
- 648 m
Cres is a long, narrow and sparsely populated Kvarner island, with a safe marina in the town of Cres, the canal at Osor and quiet bays in the south.
Open islandKrk
- Area
- 405 km²
- Population
- 19,916
- Highest peak
- 568 m
Krk shares with Cres the title of largest Adriatic island: a bridge to the mainland, a big marina in Punat and a bura that rules every passage along the east coast.
Open islandBrač
- Area
- 395 km²
- Population
- 13,825
- Highest peak
- 780 m
Brač is the highest Adriatic island, the island of white stone and Zlatni rat beach, with marinas in Milna and a string of harbours on both coasts.
Open islandHvar
- Area
- 297 km²
- Population
- 10,678
- Highest peak
- 628 m
Hvar is the longest Adriatic island and the sunniest part of the coast: Hvar town and the Pakleni islands in the west, Stari Grad, Jelsa and Vrboska in the north.
Open islandPag
- Area
- 284 km²
- Population
- 8,339
- Highest peak
- 349 m
Pag, an island of rock, salt and cheese, has the Adriatic's longest coastline. The east belongs to the bura; the west has Šimuni marina and a string of quiet bays.
Open islandKorčula
- Area
- 271 km²
- Population
- 14,594
- Highest peak
- 569 m
Korčula is a wooded island of southern Dalmatia: a walled town with an ACI marina, Lumbarda's vineyards and the Pelješac Channel, where the maestral never fails.
Open islandDugi otok
- Area
- 113 km²
- Population
- 1,691
- Highest peak
- 337 m
Dugi otok is a 45-kilometre wall between the Zadar channels and the open sea: Sakarun and the Veli Rat lighthouse in the north, Telašćica Nature Park in the south.
Open islandMljet
- Area
- 98 km²
- Population
- 1,062
- Highest peak
- 513 m
Mljet is the greenest Adriatic island: a national park with two salt lakes in the west, sandy Saplunara in the east and the quiet bays of Polače and Okuklje.
Open islandVis
- Area
- 90 km²
- Population
- 3,287
- Highest peak
- 587 m
Vis is the most remote larger inhabited island of the Croatian Adriatic: Vis town and Komiža, Stiniva bay, vugava and plavac wines and a trip to the Blue Cave.
Open islandRab
- Area
- 86 km²
- Population
- 8,268
- Highest peak
- 410 m
Rab is the island of four bell towers and sandy beaches: marinas in Rab town and Supetarska Draga, quiet bays on Kalifront and the bura in the Velebit Channel.
Open islandLošinj
- Area
- 74 km²
- Population
- 7,087
- Highest peak
- 589 m
Lošinj is an island of pines and sea captains: Mali Lošinj has one of the best-protected harbours on the Adriatic, and the south has Krivica and Balvanida bays.
Open islandPašman
- Area
- 60 km²
- Population
- 2,884
- Highest peak
- 272 m
Pašman is a quiet island off Biograd, known for the clean sea of the Pašman Channel and a string of peaceful bays on the south coast facing the Kornati.
Open islandŠolta
- Area
- 58 km²
- Population
- 1,975
- Highest peak
- 236 m
Šolta is the island of olives and honey closest to Split: Maslinica with its marina and Šešula bay in the west, Stomorska and Nečujam in the north.
Open islandUgljan
- Area
- 51 km²
- Population
- 5,666
- Highest peak
- 286 m
Ugljan is a green island of olive trees opposite Zadar, with three marinas on the Zadar Channel and the Mali Ždrelac passage towards the Kornati.
Open islandLastovo
- Area
- 41 km²
- Population
- 747
- Highest peak
- 415 m
Lastovo is a nature park out in the open sea and one of the most remote inhabited islands: Zaklopatica, Skrivena Luka and a night sky among the darkest in Europe.
Open islandKornat
- Area
- 32 km²
- Population
- 14
- Highest peak
- 237 m
Kornat is the largest island of Kornati National Park: bare rock, dry-stone walls, bays with konobas and cliffs facing the open sea.
Open islandČiovo
- Area
- 28 km²
- Population
- 5,257
- Highest peak
- 217 m
Čiovo is an island linked to Trogir by bridges: marinas and shipyards on the north side, quiet bays and beaches on the south.
Open islandOlib
- Area
- 26 km²
- Population
- 117
- Highest peak
- 74 m
Olib is a low, green and quiet island between Silba and Pag, with a single village, sandy beaches and a shallow, turquoise sea.
Open islandMolat
- Area
- 22 km²
- Population
- 190
- Highest peak
- 148 m
Molat is a wooded island of the Zadar archipelago with Brgulje Bay, one of the largest and safest natural anchorages in northern Dalmatia.
Open islandVir
- Area
- 22 km²
- Population
- 3,045
- Highest peak
- 112 m
Murter
- Area
- 18 km²
- Population
- 4,628
- Highest peak
- 125 m
Murter, an island bridged to the mainland, is the gateway to the Kornati: three marinas, Betina's wooden boatbuilding tradition and a short hop to the national park.
Open islandUnije
- Area
- 17 km²
- Population
- 66
- Highest peak
- 134 m
Unije is a quiet, car-free island west of Lošinj with a single village and Maračol bay as a safe overnight stop on the way from Istria to Kvarner.
Open islandIž
- Area
- 17 km²
- Population
- 516
- Highest peak
- 168 m
Šipan
- Area
- 16 km²
- Population
- 476
- Highest peak
- 243 m
Šipan is the largest of the Elafiti islands off Dubrovnik: a harbour at each end of the island, a fertile plain and the summer villas of the Dubrovnik nobility.
Open islandSestrunj
- Area
- 15 km²
- Population
- 45
- Highest peak
- 185 m
Žirje
- Area
- 15 km²
- Population
- 147
- Highest peak
- 134 m
Žirje is the most remote inhabited island of the Šibenik archipelago, on the edge of the open sea: the deep bays of Stupica Vela and Tratinska, and plenty of peace.
Open islandŽut
- Area
- 15 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 174 m
Žut is the second-largest island of the Kornati archipelago, outside the national park boundary, with a seasonal marina and bays full of konobas.
Open islandSilba
- Area
- 14 km²
- Population
- 344
- Highest peak
- 83 m
Silba is a car-free island on the way from Kvarner to Dalmatia: two harbours on two coasts, walks under the oaks and the sandy bay of Sveti Ante.
Open islandPrvić
- Area
- 13 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 356 m
Drvenik Veli
- Area
- 12 km²
- Population
- 170
- Highest peak
- 178 m
Drvenik Veli is an island west of Trogir, best known for Krknjaši, a shallow turquoise bay that everyone calls the Blue Lagoon.
Open islandIst
- Area
- 9.7 km²
- Population
- 146
- Highest peak
- 174 m
Ist is a small island of the Zadar archipelago with two deep bays: Široka in the south has a marina and buoys, and Straža hill has a view over the whole archipelago.
Open islandPremuda
- Area
- 8.7 km²
- Population
- 65
- Highest peak
- 88 m
Plavnik
- Area
- 8.6 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 194 m
Maun
- Area
- 8.5 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 65 m
Šćedro
- Area
- 8.4 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 112 m
Šćedro is an uninhabited, wooded island off the south coast of Hvar, with two deep bays where you spend the night far from the crowds.
Open islandZlarin
- Area
- 8.1 km²
- Population
- 293
- Highest peak
- 169 m
Zlarin is the coral island off the entrance to the Šibenik Channel: car-free, with a long quay and a tradition of working red coral.
Open islandKaprije
- Area
- 7.1 km²
- Population
- 186
- Highest peak
- 129 m
Kaprije is a car-free island in the heart of the Šibenik archipelago, with a harbour full of buoys and a seafront promenade.
Open islandSveti Grgur
- Area
- 6.4 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 225 m
Biševo
- Area
- 5.9 km²
- Population
- 23
- Highest peak
- 239 m
Biševo is an islet five miles from Komiža, home of the Blue Cave, which can be entered only on the concessionaire's boats from Mezuporat bay.
Open islandVeliki Brijun
- Area
- 5.7 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 55 m
The largest island of Brijuni National Park, off Fažana: Roman villas, a safari park and one of the most strictly regulated boating areas on the Adriatic.
Open islandIlovik
- Area
- 5.5 km²
- Population
- 106
- Highest peak
- 96 m
Ilovik, the island of flowers south of Lošinj, faces the islet of Sveti Petar across a narrow channel with a buoy field: one of Kvarner's best-known overnight stops.
Open islandSveti Klement
- Area
- 5.3 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 94 m
Sveti Klement is the largest of the Pakleni islands off Hvar, with the Palmižana marina on the north coast and Vinogradišće bay on the south.
Open islandDolin
- Area
- 4.6 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 117 m
Goli otok
- Area
- 4.5 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 227 m
Lopud
- Area
- 4.4 km²
- Population
- 278
- Highest peak
- 216 m
Lopud is a car-free Elafiti island seven miles from Dubrovnik, known for the sandy bay of Šunj and the gardens along its promenade.
Open islandSvetac
- Area
- 4.2 km²
- Population
- 2
- Highest peak
- 316 m
Zverinac
- Area
- 4.2 km²
- Population
- 55
- Highest peak
- 111 m
Sušac
- Area
- 4.0 km²
- Population
- 1
- Highest peak
- 239 m
Škarda
- Area
- 3.8 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 102 m
Susak
- Area
- 3.8 km²
- Population
- 139
- Highest peak
- 98 m
Susak is a car-free island of sand west of Lošinj, with a dialect and folk costume of its own and a small harbour for calm weather.
Open islandRava
- Area
- 3.6 km²
- Population
- 67
- Highest peak
- 98 m
Rivanj
- Area
- 3.6 km²
- Population
- 23
- Highest peak
- 112 m
Drvenik Mali
- Area
- 3.4 km²
- Population
- 119
- Highest peak
- 79 m
Kakan
- Area
- 3.4 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 110 m
Zmajan
- Area
- 3.3 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 142 m
Jakljan
- Area
- 3.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 222 m
Prežba
- Area
- 2.8 km²
- Population
- -
- Highest peak
- 155 m
Tijat
- Area
- 2.8 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 120 m
Piškera
- Area
- 2.7 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 126 m
Zeča
- Area
- 2.6 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 65 m
Koločep
- Area
- 2.4 km²
- Population
- 231
- Highest peak
- 125 m
Koločep is the smallest inhabited Elafiti island and the closest to Dubrovnik: two hamlets, pine woods, caves on the south coast and not a single car.
Open islandPrvić
- Area
- 2.4 km²
- Population
- 400
- Highest peak
- 79 m
Prvić is a small car-free island off Vodice, with two villages, Prvić Luka and Šepurine, and a memorial centre to the inventor Faust Vrančić.
Open islandVrgada
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- Population
- 209
- Highest peak
- 115 m
Vrgada is a small island off Pakoštane, with a single village, pine woods and sandy beaches: a quiet first or last stop on a Kornati route.
Open islandLavdara
- Area
- 2.3 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 87 m
Tun Veli
- Area
- 2.2 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 122 m
Škrda
- Area
- 2.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 54 m
Levrnaka
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 117 m
Sit
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 84 m
Lavsa
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 111 m
Kurba Vela
- Area
- 1.7 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 117 m
Mrčara
- Area
- 1.5 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 122 m
Arta Vela
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 95 m
Vele Srakane
- Area
- 1.2 km²
- Population
- 4
- Highest peak
- 59 m
Katina
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 116 m
Planik
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 38 m
Mali Brijun
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 30 m
Vele Orjule
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 30 m
Smokvica Vela
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 93 m
Babac
- Area
- 0.8 km²
- Population
- 4
- Highest peak
- 31 m
Male Srakane
- Area
- 0.6 km²
- Population
- 2
- Highest peak
- 40 m
Krapanj
- Area
- 0.4 km²
- Population
- 166
- Highest peak
- 2 m
Ošljak
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- Population
- 35
- Highest peak
- 90 m
Vrnik
- Area
- 0.3 km²
- Population
- -
- Highest peak
- 46 m
Košljun
- Area
- 0.1 km²
- Population
- uninhabited
- Highest peak
- 6 m
Area, coastline length and highest peak according to the Croatian Hydrographic Institute; population according to the census. Outlines: OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth.
Safety
Emergency at sea
Croatia's national maritime search and rescue coordination centre (MRCC Rijeka) is on watch 24 hours a day. Save the number before you set off.
- 195Maritime search and rescue
- VHF 16Distress and safety calls
- 112Single emergency number
Before you call, have ready the boat's position (coordinates or the nearest headland, island or bay), the number of people on board and a description of the problem. A call to 112 is put through to the maritime rescue centre.
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