Krk
island of Croatia
Krk (Italian: Veglia; Vegliot Dalmatian: Vikla; Latin: Curicta) is an Adriatic island in Croatia. It is near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Krk is together with Cres as the largest Adriatic island. It is mostly rocky.
Geography | |
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Location | Adriatic Sea |
Coordinates | 45°4′N 14°36′E / 45.067°N 14.600°E |
Area | 405.80 km2 (156.68 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 568 m (1864 ft)[1] |
Highest point | Obzova |
Administration | |
Croatia | |
County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
Largest settlement | Krk (pop. 6,816) |
Demographics | |
Population | 19,916 (2021)[1] |
Pop. density | 44/km2 (114/sq mi) |
Krk is the name of the main settlement of the island.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 47. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.