List of Islands of Croatia - Largest Islands

Largest Islands

These are the larger ones, sorted approximately from northwest to southeast:

Northern seacoast:

• the Brijuni islands (a national park)
• Krk (quite large, has an international airport)
• Plavnik
• Cres
• Lošinj
• Ilovik
• Unije
• Susak (a handful of people with a rather characteristic dialect)
• Prvić
• Sveti Grgur
• Goli otok (previously known as a prison, translation: "barren island")
• Rab
• Pag (known for its cheese and its sea salt)
• Olib
• Silba
• Premuda
• Ist
• Molat

Northern Dalmatia:

• Vir
• Dugi otok (translation: "long island")
• Ugljan
• Iž
• Pašman
• the Kornati archipelago (also a national park)
• Krapanj
• Murter
• Sestrunj
• Škarda
• Zlarin

Central and southern Dalmatia:

• Čiovo
• Drvenik
• Šolta
• Brač (known for its stone quarries)
• Hvar (the sunniest one)
• Vis (inhabited since ancient Greece, previously a naval base)
• Biševo
• Brusnik
• Jabuka - one of the smallest island in Adriatic sea, closest to Italy
• Svetac
• Korčula (the most populated one)
• Lastovo
• Mljet (includes a national park)
• the Elaphiti islands - Koločep, Lopud, Šipan
• Lokrum (just outside Dubrovnik harbour)
• Palagruža (a tiny, southernmost one)
• Žirje
• Žut

The two largest peninsulas are Istria and Pelješac.