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 . The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.
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 (), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than , islets are between and islands proper are bigger than .
#NumberAreaPercentage of total areaCoastline lengthPercentage of total coastlinekm2sq mikmmiIslands79 98.04% 81.25%Islets525 1.91% 16.32%Rocks and rocks awash642 0.04% 2.43%Total1246 100.00% 100.00% Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004.
According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of , and Krk with an area of (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of . The island with the longest coastline of is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of is Vele Orjule. The biggest islet is Badija with an area of , while the smallest one is Galicija covering .
List of islands The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.
#IslandAreaPopulationCounty Coordinateskm2sq mi 1 Cres Primorje-Gorski Kotar 2 Krk Primorje-Gorski Kotar 3 Brač Split-Dalmatia 4 Hvar Split-Dalmatia 5 Pag Lika-Senj / Zadar 6 Korčula Dubrovnik-Neretva 7 Dugi Otok Zadar 8 Mljet Dubrovnik-Neretva 9 Vis Split-Dalmatia 10 Rab Primorje-Gorski Kotar 11 Pašman Zadar 12 Šolta Split-Dalmatia 13 Lošinj Primorje-Gorski Kotar 14 Ugljan Zadar 15 Lastovo Dubrovnik-Neretva 16 Kornat Šibenik-Knin 17 Čiovo Split-Dalmatia 18 Olib Zadar 19 Molat Zadar 20 Vir Zadar 22 Murter Šibenik-Knin 23 Unije Primorje-Gorski Kotar 24 Iž Zadar 25 Šipan Dubrovnik-Neretva 26 Sestrunj Zadar 27 Žirje Šibenik-Knin 28 Žut Šibenik-Knin 29 Silba Zadar 30 Prvić (Krk) Primorje-Gorski Kotar 31 Drvenik Veli Split-Dalmatia 32 Ist Zadar 33 Premuda Zadar 34 Plavnik Primorje-Gorski Kotar 35 Maun Zadar 36 Šćedro Split-Dalmatia 37 Zlarin Šibenik-Knin 38 Kaprije Šibenik-Knin 39 Sveti Grgur Primorje-Gorski Kotar 40 Biševo Split-Dalmatia 41 Veli Brijun Istria 42 Ilovik Primorje-Gorski Kotar 43 Sveti Klement Split-Dalmatia 44 Dolin Primorje-Gorski Kotar 45 Goli Otok Primorje-Gorski Kotar 46 Lopud Dubrovnik-Neretva 47 Svetac Split-Dalmatia 48 Zverinac Zadar 49 Sušac Dubrovnik-Neretva 50 Škarda Zadar 51 Susak Primorje-Gorski Kotar 52 Rava Zadar 53 Rivanj Zadar 54 Drvenik Mali Split-Dalmatia 55 Kakan Šibenik-Knin 56 Zmajan Šibenik-Knin 57 Jakljan Dubrovnik-Neretva 58 Prežba Dubrovnik-Neretva 59 Tijat 60 Piškera Zadar 61 Zeča 62 Koločep Dubrovnik-Neretva 63 Prvić (Šibenik) 64 Vrgada 65 Lavdara 66 Tun Veli 67 Škrda 68 Levrnaka 69 Lavsa 70 Sit 71 Kurba Vela 72 Mrčara Dubrovnik-Neretva 73 Arta Velika Šibenik-Knin 74 Vele Srakane 75 Katina 76 Planik 77 Mali Brijun 78 Vele Orjule 79 Smokvica Vela
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 (), 389 rocks () and 78 reefs (). 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.
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.Biondich, Mark (2005). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture, page 414. ABC-CLIO; .
See also List of islands in the Adriatic List of islands of Europe List of inhabited islands of Croatia
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