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 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, Lopud, Šipan
- Lokrum
- Palagruža
- 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 and rocks. 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.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 . The smallest island is Smokvica Vela 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.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
- 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, off the coast of Rovinj