Adriatic Sea Islands

There are approximately 1200 islands in the Adriatic Sea, 69 of which are inhabited.

A vast majority of the islands are located near the northeastern, Croatian coast. Here are the larger ones, sorted approximately from the northernmost to the southernmost ones, with a few notes in parens:

• Krk (quite large, has an international airport)
• Cres
• Lošinj
• the Brijuni islands (a national park)
• Goli otok (previously known as a prison, translation: "naked island")
• Rab
• Pag (cheese! lots!)
• Susak (a handful of people speaking their own language)
• Olib
• Silba
• Ist
• Unije
• Dugi otok (translation: "long island")
• Ugljan
• Pašman
• the Kornati archipelago (also a national park)
• Iž
• Murter
• Zlarin
• Šolta
• Drvenik
• Brač (known for its stone quarries)
• Hvar (the sunniest one)
• Vis (inhabited since ancient Greece, previously a naval base)
• Korčula (the most populated one)
• Lastovo
• Mljet (includes a national park)
• the Elafit islands - Koločep, Lopud, Šipan
• Palagruža (a tiny, southernmost one)

Aside from the above, there are three Tremiti islands just off the Italian city of Gargano, Perast islands in the Kotor bay, and St. Stefan, both in Montenegro.

All of the islands are tourist resorts these days.

There are two peninsulas, too, Istra and Pelješac.

For more information, see
http://islands.zesoi.fer.hr/
http://croatia.net/islands/
http://www.itwg.com/islands.asp
http://www.kornati.hr/
http://www.np-mljet.hr/
http://www.np-brijuni.hr/