# 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 3,300 km$^2$ (1,300 sq mi). 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 along with Cres
* Plavnik
* Cres, the largest 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 (most populated island)
* 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 (Croatian: otoci), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than 0.1 km$^2$ (0.04 sq mi), islets are between 0.1 and 1.0 km$^2$ (0.04 and 0.39 sq mi) and islands proper are bigger than 1.0 km$^2$ (0.39 sq mi).
| # | Number | Area | Area | Percentage of total area | Coastline length | Coastline length | Percentage of total coastline |
| # | Number | km$^2$ | sq mi | Percentage of total area | km | mi | Percentage of total coastline |
| Islands | 79 | 3,195.71 | 1,233.87 | 98.04% | 3,573.81 | 2,220.66 | 81.25% |
| Islets | 525 | 62.41 | 24.10 | 1.91% | 717.80 | 446.02 | 16.32% |
| Rocks and rocks awash | 642 | 1.44 | 0.56 | 0.04% | 106.82 | 66.37 | 2.43% |
| Total | 1246 | 3,259.57 | 1,258.53 | 100.00% | 4,398.44 | 2,733.06 | 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 405.70 km$^2$ (156.64 sq mi), and Krk with an area of 405.22 km$^2$ (156.46 sq mi) (In earlier literature, including atlases, Krk was usually cited as the largest island). The smallest island is Smokvica Vela (Kornati) with an area of 1.04 km$^2$ (0.40 sq mi). The island with the longest coastline of 302.47 km (187.95 mi) is Pag, being the fifth according to area value and the island with the shortest coastline length of 5.8 km (3.60 mi) is Vele Orjule. The biggest islet is Badija with an area of 0.97 km$^2$ (0.37 sq mi), while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01 km$^2$ (0.0039 sq mi).

### List of islands

The following table lists the 79 Croatian islands having an area of 1 km$^2$ (0.39 sq mi) or more, sorted by their surface area from largest to smallest. The area data is rounded off to the second decimal.
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| # | Island | Area | Area | Population | County | Coordinates |
| # | Island | km$^2$ | sq mi | Population | County | Coordinates |
| 1 | Cres | 405.70 | 156.64 | 3,184 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°52′07″N 14°25′22″E﻿ / ﻿44.86861°N 14.42278°E﻿ / 44.86861; 14.42278﻿ (Cres) |
| 2 | Krk | 405.22 | 156.46 | 17,860 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 45°04′27″N 14°36′28″E﻿ / ﻿45.07417°N 14.60778°E﻿ / 45.07417; 14.60778﻿ (Krk) |
| 3 | Brač | 395.44 | 152.68 | 14,031 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°19′26″N 16°38′33″E﻿ / ﻿43.32389°N 16.64250°E﻿ / 43.32389; 16.64250﻿ (Brač) |
| 4 | Hvar | 297.38 | 114.82 | 11,103 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°08′39″N 16°46′46″E﻿ / ﻿43.14417°N 16.77944°E﻿ / 43.14417; 16.77944﻿ (Hvar) |
| 5 | Pag | 284.18 | 109.72 | 8,398 | Lika-Senj / Zadar | 44°28′59″N 14°58′00″E﻿ / ﻿44.48306°N 14.96667°E﻿ / 44.48306; 14.96667﻿ (Pag) |
| 6 | Korčula | 271.47 | 104.82 | 16,182 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 42°56′20″N 16°54′11″E﻿ / ﻿42.93889°N 16.90306°E﻿ / 42.93889; 16.90306﻿ (Korčula) |
| 7 | Dugi Otok | 113.30 | 43.75 | 1,772 | Zadar | 44°00′40″N 15°02′15″E﻿ / ﻿44.01111°N 15.03750°E﻿ / 44.01111; 15.03750﻿ (Dugi Otok) |
| 8 | Mljet | 98.02 | 37.85 | 1,111 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 42°44′52″N 17°31′52″E﻿ / ﻿42.74778°N 17.53111°E﻿ / 42.74778; 17.53111﻿ (Mljet) |
| 9 | Vis | 89.72 | 34.64 | 3,617 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°02′41″N 16°09′15″E﻿ / ﻿43.04472°N 16.15417°E﻿ / 43.04472; 16.15417﻿ (Vis) |
| 10 | Rab | 86.16 | 33.27 | 9,480 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°46′14″N 14°46′32″E﻿ / ﻿44.77056°N 14.77556°E﻿ / 44.77056; 14.77556﻿ (Rab) |
| 11 | Pašman | 60.11 | 23.21 | 2,711 | Zadar | 43°57′05″N 15°21′03″E﻿ / ﻿43.95139°N 15.35083°E﻿ / 43.95139; 15.35083﻿ (Pašman) |
| 12 | Šolta | 58.18 | 22.46 | 1,479 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°22′46″N 16°17′51″E﻿ / ﻿43.37944°N 16.29750°E﻿ / 43.37944; 16.29750﻿ (Šolta) |
| 13 | Lošinj | 74 | 29 | 7,771 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| 14 | Ugljan | 51.05 | 19.71 | 6,182 | Zadar | 44°05′03″N 15°09′34″E﻿ / ﻿44.08417°N 15.15944°E﻿ / 44.08417; 15.15944﻿ (Ugljan) |
| 15 | Lastovo | 40.82 | 15.76 | 835 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 42°45′15″N 16°52′31″E﻿ / ﻿42.75417°N 16.87528°E﻿ / 42.75417; 16.87528﻿ (Lastovo) |
| 16 | Kornat | 32.44 | 12.53 | 7 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°48′33″N 15°19′09″E﻿ / ﻿43.80917°N 15.31917°E﻿ / 43.80917; 15.31917﻿ (Kornat) |
| 17 | Čiovo | 28.13 | 10.86 | 4,455 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°30′01″N 16°17′53″E﻿ / ﻿43.50028°N 16.29806°E﻿ / 43.50028; 16.29806﻿ (Čiovo) |
| 18 | Olib | 26.14 | 10.09 | 147 | Zadar | 44°22′41″N 14°47′08″E﻿ / ﻿44.37806°N 14.78556°E﻿ / 44.37806; 14.78556﻿ (Olib) |
| 19 | Molat | 22.18 | 8.56 | 207 | Zadar | 44°13′55″N 14°50′33″E﻿ / ﻿44.23194°N 14.84250°E﻿ / 44.23194; 14.84250﻿ (Molat) |
| 20 | Vir | 22.08 | 8.53 | 1,608 | Zadar | 44°18′16″N 15°03′59″E﻿ / ﻿44.30444°N 15.06639°E﻿ / 44.30444; 15.06639﻿ (Vir) |
| 22 | Murter | 17.58 | 6.79 | 5,060 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°48′04″N 15°36′46″E﻿ / ﻿43.80111°N 15.61278°E﻿ / 43.80111; 15.61278﻿ (Murter) |
| 23 | Unije | 16.88 | 6.52 | 90 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°38′56″N 14°15′25″E﻿ / ﻿44.64889°N 14.25694°E﻿ / 44.64889; 14.25694﻿ (Unije) |
| 24 | Iž | 16.51 | 6.37 | 557 | Zadar | 44°02′20″N 15°06′53″E﻿ / ﻿44.03889°N 15.11472°E﻿ / 44.03889; 15.11472﻿ (Iž) |
| 25 | Šipan | 16.22 | 6.26 | 436 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 42°43′42″N 17°52′44″E﻿ / ﻿42.72833°N 17.87889°E﻿ / 42.72833; 17.87889﻿ (Šipan) |
| 26 | Sestrunj | 15.12 | 5.84 | 48 | Zadar | 44°09′22″N 14°59′27″E﻿ / ﻿44.15611°N 14.99083°E﻿ / 44.15611; 14.99083﻿ (Sestrunj) |
| 27 | Žirje | 15.08 | 5.82 | 124 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°39′05″N 15°39′41″E﻿ / ﻿43.65139°N 15.66139°E﻿ / 43.65139; 15.66139﻿ (Žirje) |
| 28 | Žut | 14.83 | 5.73 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°51′47″N 15°18′51″E﻿ / ﻿43.86306°N 15.31417°E﻿ / 43.86306; 15.31417﻿ (Žut) |
| 29 | Silba | 14.27 | 5.51 | 265 | Zadar | 44°22′56″N 14°41′41″E﻿ / ﻿44.38222°N 14.69472°E﻿ / 44.38222; 14.69472﻿ (Silba) |
| 30 | Prvić (Krk) | 12.76 | 4.93 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°54′38″N 14°48′05″E﻿ / ﻿44.91056°N 14.80139°E﻿ / 44.91056; 14.80139﻿ (Prvić (Krk)) |
| 31 | Drvenik Veliki | 11.70 | 4.52 | 168 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°26′39″N 16°08′43″E﻿ / ﻿43.44417°N 16.14528°E﻿ / 43.44417; 16.14528﻿ (Drvenik Veli) |
| 32 | Ist | 9.73 | 3.76 | 202 | Zadar | 44°16′28″N 14°45′51″E﻿ / ﻿44.27444°N 14.76417°E﻿ / 44.27444; 14.76417﻿ (Ist) |
| 33 | Premuda | 8.67 | 3.35 | 58 | Zadar | 44°19′44″N 14°37′31″E﻿ / ﻿44.32889°N 14.62528°E﻿ / 44.32889; 14.62528﻿ (Premuda) |
| 34 | Plavnik | 8.64 | 3.34 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°58′17″N 14°31′30″E﻿ / ﻿44.97139°N 14.52500°E﻿ / 44.97139; 14.52500﻿ (Plavnik) |
| 35 | Maun | 8.50 | 3.28 | 0 | Zadar | 44°25′42″N 14°55′21″E﻿ / ﻿44.42833°N 14.92250°E﻿ / 44.42833; 14.92250﻿ (Maun) |
| 36 | Šćedro | 8.37 | 3.23 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | 43°05′18″N 16°42′07″E﻿ / ﻿43.08833°N 16.70194°E﻿ / 43.08833; 16.70194﻿ (Šćedro) |
| 37 | Zlarin | 8.05 | 3.11 | 276 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°41′19″N 15°50′56″E﻿ / ﻿43.68861°N 15.84889°E﻿ / 43.68861; 15.84889﻿ (Zlarin) |
| 38 | Kaprije | 7.12 | 2.75 | 143 | Šibenik-Knin | 43°41′51″N 15°42′01″E﻿ / ﻿43.69750°N 15.70028°E﻿ / 43.69750; 15.70028﻿ (Kaprije) |
| 39 | Sveti Grgur | 6.38 | 2.46 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 44°52′02″N 14°45′35″E﻿ / ﻿44.86722°N 14.75972°E﻿ / 44.86722; 14.75972﻿ (Sveti Gregur) |
| 40 | Biševo | 5.92 | 2.29 | 19 | Split-Dalmatia | 42°58′27″N 16°00′39″E﻿ / ﻿42.97417°N 16.01083°E﻿ / 42.97417; 16.01083﻿ (Biševo) |
| 41 | Veliki Brijun | 5.72 | 2.21 | 0 | Istria | |
| 42 | Ilovik | 5.50 | 2.12 | 104 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| 43 | Sveti Klement | 5.28 | 2.04 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | |
| 44 | Dolin | 4.61 | 1.78 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| 45 | Goli Otok | 4.54 | 1.75 | 0 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| 46 | Lopud | 4.38 | 1.69 | 269 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 47 | Svetac | 4.19 | 1.62 | 0 | Split-Dalmatia | |
| 48 | Zverinac | 4.18 | 1.61 | 48 | Zadar | |
| 49 | Sušac | 4.03 | 1.56 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 50 | Škarda | 3.78 | 1.46 | 0 | Zadar | |
| 51 | Susak | 3.77 | 1.46 | 188 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | |
| 52 | Rava | 3.63 | 1.40 | 98 | Zadar | |
| 53 | Rivanj | 3.62 | 1.40 | 22 | Zadar | |
| 54 | Drvenik Mali | 3.43 | 1.32 | 54 | Split-Dalmatia | |
| 55 | Kakan | 3.39 | 1.31 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
| 56 | Zmajan | 3.30 | 1.27 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
| 57 | Jakljan | 3.07 | 1.19 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 58 | Prežba | 2.80 | 1.08 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 59 | Tijat | 2.78 | 1.07 | 0 | | |
| 60 | Piškera | 2.67 | 1.03 | 0 | Zadar | |
| 61 | Zeča | 2.55 | 0.98 | 0 | | |
| 62 | Koločep | 2.44 | 0.94 | 294 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 63 | Prvić (Šibenik) | 2.41 | 0.93 | 453 | | |
| 64 | Vrgada | 2.32 | 0.90 | 242 | | |
| 65 | Lavdara | 2.27 | 0.88 | 0 | | |
| 66 | Tun Veli | 2.21 | 0.85 | 0 | | |
| 67 | Škrda | 2.05 | 0.79 | 0 | | |
| 68 | Levrnaka | 1.84 | 0.71 | 0 | | |
| 69 | Lavsa | 1.78 | 0.69 | 0 | | |
| 70 | Sit | 1.77 | 0.68 | 0 | | |
| 71 | Kurba Vela | 1.74 | 0.67 | 0 | | |
| 72 | Mrčara | 1.45 | 0.56 | 0 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | |
| 73 | Arta Velika | 1.28 | 0.49 | 0 | Šibenik-Knin | |
| 74 | Vele Srakane | 1.18 | 0.46 | 8 | | |
| 75 | Katina | 1.13 | 0.44 | 0 | | |
| 76 | Planik | 1.09 | 0.42 | 0 | | |
| 77 | Mali Brijun | 1.07 | 0.41 | 0 | | |
| 78 | Vele Orjule | 1.06 | 0.41 | 0 | | |
| 79 | Smokvica Vela | 1.05 | 0.41 | 0 | | |

### 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 (Croatian: otoci), 389 rocks (hridi) and 78 reefs (grebeni). 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.