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The Adriatic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea, [8] bordered in the southwest by the Apennine or Italian Peninsula, in the northwest by the Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and in the northeast by Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Albania—the Balkan peninsula.
Hvar (pronounced; Chakavian: Hvor or For, Greek: Φάρος, romanized: Pharos, Latin: Pharia, Italian: Lesina) is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Brač, Vis and Korčula.
Cres (Croatian pronunciation:; [2] Dalmatian: Crepsa, Venetian: Cherso, Italian: Cherso, Latin: Crepsa, Greek: Χέρσος) 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, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina).
Croatia's Adriatic Sea mainland coast is 1,777.3 kilometres (1,104.4 mi) long, while its 1,246 islands and islets have a further 4,058 kilometres (2,522 mi) of coastline. The distance between the extreme points of Croatia's coastline is 526 kilometres (327 mi). [ 34 ]
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). [ 1 ] The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when ...
Zlatni rat beach seen from Vidova gora mountain. The beaches on either side of the spit, measured in 2015 east side was 377 metres (1,237 ft) and the west side was 479 metres (1,572 ft) long, but the exact shape and length of the landform varies with regard to changes in tide, current, waves and wind.
Galešnjak (also called Island of Love, Lover's Island, Otok za zaljubljene, Love Island) is located in the Pašman Canal of the Adriatic, between the islands of Pašman and the town of Turanj on mainland Croatia. It is one of the world's few naturally occurring heart-shaped objects.
Susak (Italian: 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.