There are more than 1200 islands in the

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, 69 of which are inhabited. A recent study by the Institute of Oceanography in Split (2000) shows that there are 1246 islands: 79 large islands, 525 islets, and 642 ridges and rocks. The Italian ''Scuola di Geografia'' of

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states that the number is greater if one includes the small islands in the Italian lagoons of Venice and Grado, and the so-called "islands of the Po delta".

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Adriatic islands in Croatia include: Northern seacoast: * the Brijuni islands *

Krk Krk (; it, Veglia; ruo, Krk; dlm, label= Vegliot Dalmatian, Vikla; la, Curicta; grc-gre, Κύρικον, Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kota ...

(one of two islands with the largest area: 405.78 km²) *

Cres Cres (; dlm, Crepsa, vec, Cherso, it, Cherso, la, Crepsa, Greek language, Greek: Χέρσος, ''Chersos'') is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, ...

(one of two islands with the largest area: 405.78 km²) *

Lošinj Lošinj (; it, Lussino; vec, Lusin, earlier ''Osero''; german: Lötzing; la, Apsorrus; grc, Ἄψορρος) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, in the Kvarner Gulf. It is almost due south of the city of Rijeka and part of the ...

Ilovik The islands of Ilovik ( it, Asinello) and '' Sveti Petar'' ( it, San Pietro) are located in Croatia south of the island Lošinj (Lussino), separated by the Strait of Ilovik ( hr, Ilovačka vrata). Geography The only village located on the island ...

Unije Unije (; it, Unie) is an island in Croatia. It is part of the Cres-Lošinj archipelago, which is situated at the northern portion of the Adriatic Sea. Unije is the third largest island of the archipelago. It is in size, with numerous bays and b ...

Susak Susak ( it, Sansego; German and French: ''Sansig'') is a small island on the northern Adriatic coast of Croatia. The name ''Sansego'' comes from the Greek word ''Sansegus'' meaning oregano which grows in abundance on the island. A small percent ...

* Goli Otok *

Rab Rab �âːb( dlm, Arba, la, Arba, it, Arbe, german: Arbey) is an island in the northern Dalmatia region in Croatia, located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea. The island is long, has an area of and 9,328 inhabitants (2 ...

* Pag (the island with the longest coastline: 302.47 km) *

Olib Olib (; ) is a Croatian island in northern Dalmatia, located northwest of Zadar, southwest of Pag, southeast of Lošinj and just east of Silba with an area of 26.14 km2. History Greek geographer Strabo mentions a settlement named Aloip, whi ...

Silba Silba (; it, Selve) is an island in Croatia with an area of 15 km2, northern Dalmatia, south-east of Lošinj, between the islands of Premuda and Olib. It has a Mediterranean climate with 2570 hours a year of sunshine. Most summer days are ...

Ist Ist or IST may refer to: Information Science and Technology * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and Technology * Graduate School / Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan * Graduate School ...

* Molat Northern

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

: *

Vir Vir (; it, Puntadura, Dalmatian: ''Punta de Ura'') is an island on the Croatian coast of the Adriatic Sea with an area of 22 km2. It lies in Dalmatia, north of the city of Zadar. It is connected to the mainland via a road bridge. The mai ...

Dugi Otok Dugi Otok (; Croatian for "Long Island", it, Isola Lunga) is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. It is located off the Dalmatian coast, west of Zadar. It is the largest and westernmost of the Zadarian Islands, and d ...

* Ugljan * Iž * Pašman * the Kornati

archipelago An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands. Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...

* Murter * Prvić * Zlarin *

Krapanj Krapanj is an island in the Adriatic Sea, located south of Šibenik, Croatia. Krapanj is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Adriatic Sea covering 0.36 km2. It is also the most densely inhabited island and has the lowest elevation ...

Central and southern Dalmatia: *

Čiovo Čiovo (pronounced ; it, Bua) is an island located off the Adriatic coast in Croatia with an area of (length , width up to ), population of 5,908 inhabitants (2011) and its highest peak is 218 m (Rudine). The centre of the island has geographi ...

Drvenik Drvenik may mean: * Drvenik, Split-Dalmatia County, village near Makarska, Croatia * Drvenik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, village in Konavle, Croatia * Drvenik Veli, island in central Dalmatia, Croatia * Drvenik Veliki, settlement on Drvenik Veli * ...

Šolta Šolta (; it, Solta; la, Solentium) is an island in Croatia. It is situated in the Adriatic Sea in the central Dalmatian archipelago, west of the island of Brač, south of Split (separated by Split Channel) and east of the Drvenik islands, Drve ...

* Brač (the island with the highest elevation: 778m) * Hvar (the longest island: 68 km) *

Pakleni islands The Pakleni () or sometimes referred as Paklinski () islands are located off the southwest coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the entrance to the Hvar (city) harbour. Usual local name is Škoji, which means ''Islands''. The name is ...

* Šćedro * Vis *

Biševo Biševo (, Chakavian: Bisovo, it, Busi) is an island in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. It is situated in the middle of the Dalmatian archipelago, five kilometers southwest of the Island of Vis. Its area is and it has a population of 15 (as of ...

* Korčula *

Lastovo Lastovo (; it, Lagosta, german: Augusta, la, Augusta Insula, el, Ladestanos, Illyrian: ''Ladest'') is an island municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-governm ...

* Mljet * the Elaphiti islands -

Koločep The island of Koločep (; locally known as Kalamota from it, Calamotta) is one of the three inhabited Elaphiti Islands situated near the city of Dubrovnik with an area of . Koločep is the southernmost inhabited island in Croatia. In the 2011 cen ...

, Lopud,

Šipan Šipan () also Sipano ( it, Giuppana) is the largest of the Elaphiti Islands, northwest of Dubrovnik, Croatia; separated from the mainland coast by the Koločepski Channel; area ; The island is in length, and up to in width. It is the larges ...

Lokrum Lokrum (, it, Lacroma) is an island in the Adriatic Sea from the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. It stretches from northwest to southeast and receives regular ferry service from the Old City port. Austrian archduke (and short-lived Emperor of M ...

* Palagruža *Veli Brijun, *Sveti Klement, *Dolin, *Svetac (Sveti Andrija), *Zverinac, *Sušac, *Škarda, *Rava, *Rivanj, *Drvenik Mali, *Kakan, *Zmajan, *Jakljan, *Prežba, *Tijat, *Piškera, *Zeča, *Vrgada, *Lavdara Vela, *Tun Veli, *Škrda, *Levrnaka, *Lavsa, *Sit, *Kurba Vela, *Mrčara, *Arta Velika, *Velike Srakane, *Katina, *Planik, *Mali Brijun, *Vele Orjule, *Smokvica Vela (Kornat), *Badija, *Sveti Petar, *Žižanj, *Olipa, *Škulj, *Gangaro, *Babac, *Koludarc, *Tramerka, *Kopište, *Sveti Marko, *Lokrum, *Marinkovac, *Šilo Veliko, *Proizd, *Češvinica, *Stipanska, *Murvenjak, *Lunga (Kornat), *Male Srakane, *Košara, *Obonjan, *Radelj, *Zečevo (Pag), *Kobrava, *Kručica, *Arkanđel, *Kurba Mala, *Saplun, *Glamoč, *Oruda, *Zvirinovik, *Krknata, *Orud, *Arta Mala, *Logorun, *Aba Duga, *Knežak, *Oključ, *Maslinovik, *Mišjak Veli, *Tetovišnjak Veliki, *Tetovišnjak Mali, Kasela, *Lupac, *Male Orjule, *Gangarol, *Ošljak, *Trstenik (Cres), *Mišjak Mali, *Šćitna, *Veliki Budikovac, *Kameni Žakan, *Drvenik (Zlarin), *Ravni Žakan, *Dobri Otok, *Ruda, *Stomorina, *Luški Otok, *Gustac, *Palagruža, *Vela, *Kozjak, *Jerolim, *Veli Pržnjak

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* Sveti Nikola Island * Sveta Neđelja * Katič * Ada Bojana/''Ada e Bunës'' *

Stari Ulcinj Stari Ulcinj ( sr-cyr, Стари Улцињ; Albanian language, Albanian: Ulqini i Vjetër) is a small island in the Adriatic Sea located in the south of Montenegro, in Ulcinj Municipality. Description Stari Ulcinj is a small rocky island in ...

/''Ulqini i Vjetër'' * Sveti Stefan (now a peninsula) Gjerana Rock, Small Rock, Big Rock ( Ulcinj Riviera)

In Bay of Kotor

* Mamula * Prevlaka * Sveti Marko * Otok *

Gospa od Škrpjela Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe island). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with ...

Sveti Đorđe Sveti Juraj Island ( cnr, Острво Свети Ђорђе, Ostrvo Sveti Đorđe; lit. "Island of Saint George") is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro (the other being Gospa od Škrpjela). Unlike Gos ...

Italy

The following islands of Italy are in the Adriatic Sea: *

Tremiti The Isole Tremiti, also called "Isole Diomedee" (Diomedes' Islands, from Greek ''Diomèdee'', Διομήδεες) are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a ''"comune"'' of Italy's Province of Foggia ...

islands (off the peninsula of

Gargano Gargano (, Gargano Apulian Italo-Romance arˈgæːnə is a historical and geographical sub-region in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy, consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming ...

) ** San Domino ** San Nicola ** Capperaia ** Cretaccio ** Pianosa *

Po river The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...

delta ** Isola Albarella ** Isola Donzella ** Isola di Ariano ** Isola Tolle ** Isola Pila ** Isola Gnocca

Venetian Lagoon

The most important of the 130 islands in the Venetian Lagoon are: *

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

Sant'Erasmo Sant'Erasmo is an island in the Venetian Lagoon lying north-east of the Lido island and east of Venice, Italy. History The island was a port attached to Murano in the 8th century, but is now known for market gardening. Ruined fortifications ...

Murano Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It lies about north of Venice and measures about across with a population of just over 5,000 (2004 figures). It is famous for its glass making. It was on ...

* Chioggia * Giudecca *

Mazzorbo Mazzorbo is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice. However, th ...

* Torcello * Sant'Elena * La Certosa * Burano *

Tronchetto Tronchetto (also known as ''Isola nuova'', meaning "New island") is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, located at the westernmost tip of the main Venice island. The island was created in the 1960s, and now is used as a ...

* Sacca Fisola * San Michele * Sacca Sessola * Santa Cristina Other inhabited islands in the Venetian Lagoon include: *

Cavallino Cavallino ( Salentino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy. Main sights *Mother church (''Chiesa madre''), built from 1630. It has a Baroque-style exterior and a Latin cross plan. * Dom ...

* Lazzaretto Nuovo *

Lazzaretto Vecchio The Lazzaretto Vecchio ("Old Lazaret"), formerly known as (" Holy Mary of Nazareth"), is an island of the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, located near the Lido of Venice. Between 1403 and 1630 it housed a hospital which cared for people during ...

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* Pellestrina *

Poveglia Poveglia ( ; ) is a small island located between Venice and Lido di Venezia, Lido in the Venetian Lagoon, of northern Italy. A small canal divides the island into two separate parts. The island first appears in the historical record in 421, and ...

* San Clemente *

San Francesco del Deserto San Francesco del Deserto is an island in the Venetian Lagoon in Véneto, Italy, with a surface of some 4 ha. It is located between Sant'Erasmo and Burano. It houses a Franciscan monastery. History The island was frequented since Roman times. I ...

San Giorgio in Alga San Giorgio in Alga (English: "St. George in the seaweed") is an island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, lying between the Giudecca and Fusina (a ''frazione'' of Venice on the coast, near Marghera). History After a Benedictine monastery ...

San Giorgio Maggiore San Giorgio Maggiore ( vec, San Zorzi Mazor) is one of the islands of Venice, northern Italy, lying east of the Giudecca and south of the main island group. The island, or more specifically its Palladian church, is an important landmark. It ha ...

San Lazzaro degli Armeni San Lazzaro degli Armeni (, "Saint Lazarus of the Armenians"; called Saint Lazarus Island in English sources; hy, Սուրբ Ղազար, Surb Ghazar) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitar ...

Santa Maria della Grazia Santa Maria della Grazia or La Grazia is an artificial island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, which lies between the Giudecca and San Clemente. In 2016 the island was sold to a private company from Treviso, Giesse Investimenti s.r.l., to ...

* San Pietro di Castello * San Servolo * Santo Spirito *

Sottomarina Sottomarina is a small town on a peninsula which has the same name. It is a ''frazione'' of the comune of Chioggia, which is part of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region in north-eastern Italy. Geography Sottomarina is a peninsula ...

Vignole Vignole (also Le Vignole) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, with a surface of some 69.20 ha. It is located north-east of Venice, between the islands of Sant'Erasmo and La Certosa. Location Vignole is actually made up of two ...

Grado-Marono Lagoon

The most important of the nearly 120 islands in the Grado-Marano Lagoon are: * Anfora * Barbana island * Beli * Fossalon * Gorgo *

Grado Grado may refer to: People * Cristina Grado (1939–2016), Italian film actress * Jonathan Grado (born 1991), American entrepreneur and photographer * Francesco De Grado ( fl. 1694–1730), Italian engraver * Gaetano Grado, Italian mafioso * Gra ...

* Martignano * Morgo * Panera * Porto Buso * Ravaiarina * San Pietro d'Orio * Schiusa

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

* Franz Joseph Island * Kunë *

Sazan Sazan ( sq-definite, Sazani) is an Albania, Albanian uninhabited island in the Mediterranean Sea. The Islands of Albania, largest of Albania's islands, it is a designated military exclusion zone; it lies in a strategically important location bet ...

Zvërnec Islands Zvërnec ( sq-definite, Zvërneci; el, Σβέρνιτσα, Svernitsa) is a community in Vlorë County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Vlorë. It is situated northwest of the city of Vlorë. It is ...

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* Islands in the Adriatic