This is a list of islands in the Adriatic

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

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There are approximately 1200 islands in total, 69 of which are inhabited. A recent study by the Institute of Oceanography from Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

 (2000) shows that there are 1246 islands: 79 large islands, 525 islets and 642 ridges and rocks.

Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

Northern seacoast:

• the Brijuni
  Brijuni
  The Brijuni or the Brijuni Islands are a group of fourteen small islands in the Croatian part of the northern Adriatic Sea, separated from the west coast of the Istrian peninsula by the narrow Fažana Strait...
  
   islands
• Krk
  Krk
  Krk is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county....
  
  
• Cres
  Cres
  Cres is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is one of the northern island in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from the island Krk or from the Istrian peninsula ....
  
   (the island with the largest area: 405.70 km²)
• Lošinj
  Lošinj
  Lošinj 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 Primorje-Gorski Kotar county....
  
  
• Ilovik
  Ilovik
  The islands of Ilovik and Sveti Petar are located in Croatia south of the island Lošinj , separated by the strait of Ilovik .-Geography:...
  
  
• Unije
  Unije
  Unije 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 beaches...
  
  
• Susak
  Susak
  Susak 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 percentage of natives still reside on the island which has increasingly become a popular tourist...
  
  
• Goli otok
  Goli otok
  Goli otok is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rab's northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The island is barren and uninhabited...
  
  
• Rab
  Rab
  Rab is an island in Croatia and a town of the same name located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.The island is long, has an area of and 9,480 inhabitants . The highest peak is Kamenjak at 408 meters...
  
  
• Pag
  Pag (island)
  Pag is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea. It is the fifth-largest island of the Croatian coast, and the one with the longest coastline....
  
   (the island with the longest coastline: 302.47 km)
• Olib
  Olib
  Olib is an island in northern Dalmatia, located northwest of Zadar, southwest of Pag, southeast of Lošinj and just east of Silba. The population is 147.-History:...
  
  
• Silba
  Silba
  Silba is an island in Croatia, 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...
  
  
• Ist
  Ist (island)
  Ist is a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. The closest city to Ist is Zadar. The island has an area of 9.65 km2. Ist is located between the islands of Škarda and Molat....
  
  
• Molat
  Molat (island)
  Molat is an island in Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. It is situated near Zadar, southeast from Ist, separated by Zapuntel strait. It has area of 22.82 km²....
  
  

Northern Dalmatia

Dalmatia

Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

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• Vir
• Dugi otok
  Dugi Otok
  Dugi otok 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 eastern-most of the Zadarian Islands, and derives its name from its distinctive shape...
  
  
• Ugljan
  Ugljan
  Ugljan is a Croatian island and the first in the Zadar Archipelago. It is located northwest of the island of Pašman and southeast of the islands of Rivanj and Sestrunj. Separated from the mainland by the Zadar Channel, it is connected with the island of Pašman by a bridge spanning over the Ždrelac...
  
  
• Iž
  Iž
  Iž is an island in the Zadar Archipelago in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. It is situated between Ugljan on the north-east and Dugi otok on the south-west and is about an hour's ferry ride from Zadar. It has an area of 17.59 km² and a population of 557. It's mineralogy is composed of...
  
  
• Pašman
  Pašman
  Pašman is an island off the coast of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia, located to the south of Zadar, surrounded by the islands Ugljan, Iž, Dugi otok and Kornati...
  
  
• the Kornati
  Kornati
  The Kornati archipelago in Croatia is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin county. With 35 km in length and 140 islands, some large, some small, in a sea area of about 320 km², Kornati are the densest archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea...
  
   archipelago
  Archipelago
  An archipelago , sometimes called an island group, is a chain or cluster of islands. The word archipelago is derived from the Greek ἄρχι- – arkhi- and πέλαγος – pélagos through the Italian arcipelago...
  
  
• Murter
  Murter
  Murter is name of the island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic sea, located in central Dalmatia at , as well as that of a small village on the north-western part of the island....
  
  
• Prvić
  Prvic
  Prvić is a small island in the Croatian part of Adriatic Sea. It is situated in the Šibenik archipelago, about half a mile from the mainland, in the vicinity of Vodice...
  
  
• Zlarin
  Zlarin
  Zlarin is a small island of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia near the city of Šibenik. Administratively, it is part of the Šibenik-Knin County. In winter times the island has a population of 276 people, but from March to October its population grows substantially up to 1,500 people. Zlarin has a...
  
  

Central and southern Dalmatia:

• Čiovo
  Ciovo
  Čiovo is a small island located off the Adriatic coast in Croatia with an area of 28.8 km2 , population of 6,071 inhabitants and its highest peak is 218 m ....
  
  
• Drvenik
  Drvenik
  Drvenik may mean:* Drvenik - a village in southern Dalmatia, Croatia* Drvenik - a village on island Drvenik veli* Drvenik Veliki and Drvenik Mali - two islands in central Dalmatia, Croatia...
  
  
• Šolta
  Šolta
  Šolta 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 and east of the Drvenik islands . Its area is 58.98 km2 and it has a population of 1,675 .The highest peak of Šolta is the summit Vela Straža...
  
  
• Brač
  Brac
  Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of 396 km², making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. Its tallest peak, Vidova Gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at 778 m, making it the highest island point in the Adriatic...
  
   (the island with the highest elevation: 778m)
• Hvar
  Hvar
  - Climate :The climate of Hvar is characterized by mild winters and warm summers. The yearly average air temperature is , 686 mm of precipitation fall on the town of Hvar on average every year and the town has a total of 2800 sunshine hours per year. For comparison Hvar has an average of 7.7...
  
   (the longest island: 68 km)
• Vis
  Vis (island)
  Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
  
  
• Biševo
  Biševo
  Biševo 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 5.8 km and it has a population of 11 . It is composed of limestone; the highest point is Straženica, 239 m high...
  
  
• Korčula
  Korcula
  Korčula is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. The island has an area of ; long and on average wide — and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 16,182 inhabitants make it the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk...
  
  
• Lastovo
  Lastovo
  Lastovo is an island municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The municipality consists of 46 islands with a total population of 792 people, of which 93% are ethnic Croats, and a land area of approximately . The biggest island in the municipality is also named Lastovo, as is the...
  
  
• Mljet
  Mljet
  Mljet is the most southerly and easterly of the larger Adriatic islands of the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The National Park includes the western part of the island, Veliko jezero, Malo jezero, Soline Bay and a sea belt 500 m wide from the most prominent cape of Mljet covering an area of...
  
  
• the Elaphiti islands
  Elaphiti Islands
  The Elaphiti Islands or the Elaphites is a small archipelago consisting of several islands stretching northwest of Dubrovnik, in the Adriatic sea. The Elaphites have a total land area of around 30 square kilometers and a population of 850 inhabitants...
  
   - Koločep
  Kolocep
  The island of Koločep is one of the three inhabited Elaphiti Islands situated near the city of Dubrovnik. Koločep is the southernmost inhabited island in Croatia and is locally known as Kalamota.-Location and access:...
  
  , Lopud
  Lopud
  Lopud is a small island off the coast of Dalmatia, southern Croatia. Lopud is one of the Elaphiti Islands, and can be reached by boat from Dubrovnik, Orasac and Zaton. The island is famous for its sandy beaches, in particular the bay of Šunj....
  
  , Šipan
  Šipan
  Šipan also Sipano is the largest of the Elaphiti Islands, 17 km northwest of Dubrovnik, Croatia; separated from the mainland coast by the Kolocepski Channel; area 16.22 km²; population 500 . It is the largest island in this group and its highest point is 243 m...
  
  
• Lokrum
  Lokrum
  Lokrum or Lacroma is one of the islands off the city of Dubrovnik about 600 metres from the coast stretching from the northwest to the southeast, in the Adriatic Sea, Croatia. Its highest point above sea level is at 96 m....
  
  
• Palagruža
  Palagruža
  Palagruža is a small, remote archipelago of dolomite in the middle of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia. It consists of one main island, called Vela or Velika Palagruža, and one smaller one, Mala Palagruža, and there are twenty or so other closely associated rocks or reefs...
  
  

Veli Brijun,
Ilovik,
Sveti Klement,
Dolin,
Goli otok,
Lopud,
Svetac (Sveti Andrija),
Zverinac,
Sušac,
Škarda,
Susak,
Rava,
Rivanj,
Drvenik Mali,
Kakan,
Zmajan,
Jakljan,
Prežba,
Tijat,
Piškera,
Zeča,
Koločep,
Prvić (Šibenik),
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,
Krapanj,
Maslinovik,
Mišjak Veli,
Tetovišnjak Veliki,
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,
Ženska Pravda,
Veli Pržnjak,

Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

• Sveti Nikola Island
  Sveti Nikola Island
  Sveti Nikola Island is an island on the Adriatic Sea, in Montenegrin municipality of Budva.-About the island:...
  
  
• Sveta Neđelja
• Katič
  Katic
  Katič is an islet on the Adriatic Sea, in Montenegrin municipality of Budva.It is located opposite the town of Petrovac. Coupled with the other islet, Sveta Neđelja, it makes an attraction for diving enthusiasts....
  
  
• Ada Bojana
  Ada Bojana
  Ada Bojana is an island in the Ulcinj Municipality in Montenegro.The name Ada means island in Turkish language.The island is created by river delta of Bojana River. The legend says it was formed by gathering river sand around a ship sunk at the mouth of Bojana river, but it is more likely to be a...
  
  /Ada e Bunës
• Stari Ulcinj/Ulqini i Vjetër
• Sveti Stefan
  Sveti Stefan
  Sveti Stefan, , now Aman Sveti Stefan including the Villa Miločer is a small islet and hotel and resort in Montenegro, approximately southeast of Budva. The resort includes the islet of Sveti Stefan and part of the mainland, where the Villa Miločer part of the resort is located...
  
   (now a peninsula)

In Bay of Kotor

Bay of Kotor

The Bay of Kotor in south-western Montenegro is a winding bay on the Adriatic Sea. The bay, sometimes called Europe's southernmost fjord, is in fact a submerged river canyon of the disintegrated Bokelj River which used to run from the high mountain plateaus of Mount Orjen...

• Mamula
  Mamula
  Mamula is an islet in the Adriatic Sea, in southwestern Montenegrin municipality of Herceg Novi.-About the island:Mamula is strategically located between Prevlaka and Luštica peninsulas on the entrance to the Boka Kotorska bay....
  
  
• Prevlaka
  Prevlaka Island
  Prevlaka Island is an island on the Adriatic Sea, in Montenegrin municipality of Tivat.-About the island:Prevlaka Island is located near the town of Tivat, in the Bay of Kotor. The island is 300 m long and 200 m wide...
  
  
• Sveti Marko
  Sveti Marko Island
  Sveti Marko is an island on the Adriatic Sea, in the Montenegrin municipality of Tivat.-About the island:...
  
  
• Otok
• Gospa od Škrpjela
  Our Lady of the Rocks
  Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in Bay of Kotor, Montenegro . It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks...
  
  
• Sveti Đorđe

Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

• Tremiti islands (off the peninsula of Gargano
  Gargano
  Gargano is a historical and geographical Italian sub-region situated in Apulia, consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of the Gargano Promontory projecting into the Adriatic Sea. The high point is Monte Calvo at . Most of the upland...
  
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Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

• Franz Joseph Island
• Kunë
  Kunë
  Kunë Island is an island located of the coast of Albania in the Adriatic Sea. The island lies in the delta of the river Drin near the city of Lezha and has an area of 1.25 km². The island is 1.5 kilometers from the coast. Kunë island features extravagant and varied plant life, including...
  
  
• Sazan
  Sazan Island
  -Fauna of Sazan:Sazan Island contains 7 species of amphibians of which 3 are rare species. The island contains 15 species of reptiles of which 13 are rare species. Some of these amphibian and reptile species include the:* Blue-throated Keeled Lizard...
  
  
• Zvërnec Island
  Zvërnec Island
  Zvërnec Island is an island within the Narta Lagoon in southern Albania.The island is nearly all covered with tall pine trees and is just east of a much smaller island. It is 430m in length and has a maximum width of 300m...
  
  
• Ksamil Islands
  Ksamil Islands
  The Ksamil Islands are four small islands located in southern Albania. The islands are remote and can only be accessed by boat. The village of Ksamil, after whom the islands are named, is located to the east of the islands...