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. 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 Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia classifies all landforms surrounded by water in the Adriatic Sea as islands, islets and rocks. The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than 0.1 km², islets are between 0.1 and 1.0 km² and islands proper are bigger than 1.0 km².
According to measurements obtained in early 2000s the largest islands in the Adriatic Sea are Cres with an area of 405.70 km2, and Krk with an area of 405.22 km2. The smallest island is Smokvica Vela with an area of 1.04 km2. 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 0.97 km2, while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01 km2.

List of islands

The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of 1 km2 or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.
#IslandArea PopulationCountyCoordinates
1Cres3184Primorje-Gorski Kotar
2Krk17860Primorje-Gorski Kotar
3Brač14031Split-Dalmatia
4Hvar11103Split-Dalmatia
5Pag8398Lika-Senj / Zadar
6Korčula16182Dubrovnik-Neretva
7Dugi Otok1772Zadar
8Mljet1111Dubrovnik-Neretva
9Vis3617Split-Dalmatia
10Rab9480Primorje-Gorski Kotar
11Pašman2711Zadar
12Šolta1479Split-Dalmatia
13Lošinj747771Primorje-Gorski Kotar
14Ugljan6182Zadar
15Lastovo835Dubrovnik-Neretva
16Kornat7Šibenik-Knin
17Čiovo4455Split-Damatia
18Olib147Zadar
19Molat207Zadar
20Vir1608Zadar
22Murter5060Šibenik-Knin
23Unije90Primorje-Gorski Kotar
24Iž557Zadar
25Šipan436Dubrovnik-Neretva
26Sestrunj48Zadar
27Žirje124Šibenik-Knin
28Žut0Šibenik-Knin
29Silba265Zadar
30Prvić 0Primorje-Gorski Kotar
31Drvenik Veliki168Split-Dalmatia
32Ist202Zadar
33Premuda58Zadar
34Plavnik0Primorje-Gorski Kotar
35Maun0Zadar
36Šćedro0Split-Dalmatia
37Zlarin276Šibenik-Knin
38Kaprije143Šibenik-Knin
39Sveti Grgur0Primorje-Gorski Kotar
40Biševo19Split-Dalmatia
41Veliki Brijun0Istria
42Ilovik104Primorje-Gorski Kotar
43Sveti Klement0Split-Dalmatia
44Dolin0Primorje-Gorski Kotar
45Goli Otok0Primorje-Gorski Kotar
46Lopud269Dubrovnik-Neretva
47Svetac0Split-Dalmatia
48Zverinac48Zadar
49Sušac0Dubrovnik-Neretva
50Škarda0Zadar
51Susak188Primorje-Gorski Kotar
52Rava98Zadar
53Rivanj22Zadar
54Drvenik Mali54Split-Dalmatia
55Kakan0Šibenik-Knin
56Zmajan0Šibenik-Knin
57Jakljan0Dubrovnik-Neretva
58Prežba0Dubrovnik-Neretva-
59Tijat0-
60Piškera0Zadar-
61Zeča0-
62Koločep294Dubrovnik-Neretva-
63Prvić 453-
64Vrgada242-
65Lavdara0-
66Tun Veli0-
67Škrda0-
68Levrnaka0-
69Lavsa0-
70Sit0-
71Kurba Vela0-
72Mrčara0Dubrovnik-Neretva-
73Arta Velika0Šibenik-Knin-
74Vele Srakane8-
75Katina0-
76Planik0-
77Mali Brijun0-
78Vele Orjule0-
79Smokvica Vela0-

Selected islets

The following is an incomplete list of islets.
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 ", 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.