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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 . The number and classification of islands in Croatia varies over time and by different measurements, causing some domestic controversy when discrepancies are found.
Largest islands
These are the larger ones, sorted approximately from northwest to southeast:
Northern seacoast
- the Brijuni islands, also a national park
- Krk, the largest population, the largest area along with Cres
- Plavnik
- Cres, the largest area along with Krk
- Lošinj
- Ilovik
- Unije
- Susak
- Prvić
- Goli Otok
- Sveti Grgur
- Rab
- Pag
- Olib
- Silba
- Premuda
- Ist
- Molat
- Košljun
Northern Dalmatia
- Vir
- Dugi Otok
- Ugljan
- Iž
- Pašman
- the Kornati archipelago, also a national park
- Krapanj
- Murter
- Sestrunj
- Škarda
- Zlarin
Central and southern Dalmatia
- Čiovo
- Drvenik
- Šolta
- Brač
- Hvar
- Vis
- Biševo
- Brusnik
- Jabuka
- Svetac
- Korčula
- Lastovo
- Mljet
- the Elaphiti Islands: Koločep (southernmost inhabited island), Lopud, Šipan
- Lokrum
- Palagruža (southernmost island)
- Žirje
- Žut
Hydrographic Institute definitions
The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia classifies all landforms surrounded by water in the Adriatic Sea as islands (), islets (otočići) and rocks (hridi). The categorization is determined according to their surface area. Rocks are defined as islets smaller than , islets are between and islands proper are bigger than .
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan=2|#
!rowspan=2|Number
!colspan=2|Area
!rowspan=2|Percentage of <br />total area
!colspan=2|Coastline length
!rowspan=2|Percentage of <br />total coastline
|-
!km<sup>2</sup>
!sq mi
!km
!mi
|-
| align="left"|Islands
| align="right"|79
|
| align="right"|98.04%
|
| align="right"|81.25%
|-
| align="left"|Islets
| align="right"|525
|
| align="right"|1.91%
|
| align="right"|16.32%
|-
| align="left"|Rocks and rocks awash
| align="right"|642
|
| align="right"|0.04%
|
| align="right"|2.43%
|-
! align="left"|Total
! align="right"|1246
!
! align="right"|100.00%
!
! align="right"|100.00%
|-
| colspan="8" | Source: T. Duplančić Leder, T. Ujević, M. Čala: Coastline lengths and areas... Geoadria, 9/1, 5-32, 2004. The rocks and reefs are defined as the "rocky remains of an islet or a rocky formation destroyed by abrasion", differentiated by whether they are "always above sea level" or "at, under or above sea level (at low tide)", respectively.
See also
- List of islands in the Adriatic
- List of islands of Europe
- List of inhabited islands of Croatia