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 km², islets are between 0.1 and 1.0 km² and islands proper are bigger than 1.0 km².
| # |
Number |
Area (km²) |
Percentage of total area |
Coastline length (km) |
Percentage of total coastline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islands | 79 | 3,195.71 | 3,573.81 | ||
| Islets | 525 | 62.41 | 717.80 | ||
| Rocks and rocks awash | 642 | 1.44 | 106.82 | ||
| Total | 1246 | 3,259.57 | 4,398.44 | ||
| 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 km2, and Krk with an area of 405.22 km2 (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 km2.
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 km2, while the smallest one is Galicija covering 0.01 km2.
Read more about this topic: List Of Islands Of Croatia
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