Kornati

Kornati Islands National Park
Native name
Nacionalni park Kornati (Croatian)
The Kornati Islands
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LocationŠibenik-Knin County,  Croatia
Coordinates43°47′N 15°20′E / 43.783°N 15.333°E / 43.783; 15.333
Area320 km2 (120 sq mi)
Official nameNacionalni park Kornati
Total Islands140
Major IslandsKornat, Lavsa, Žut
Kornati is located in Croatia
Kornati
Location of Kornati Islands National Park in Croatia

The Kornati archipelago (pronounced [kɔ̝rnǎːti]; Italian: Isole Incoronate) of Croatia, also known as the Stomorski islands, is located in the northern part of Dalmatia, south from Zadar and west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin County. With 35 kilometres (22 miles) length and 89 islands, some large, some small, in a sea area of about 320 square kilometres (124 sq mi), the Kornati are the densest archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.[1] From northwest to southeast (from the island of Balabra to Samograd), and from northeast to southwest (from Gangarol to Mana) they stretch for 13 km (8 miles). The name of the archipelago is the plural form of the name of the largest island, called Kornat.

  1. ^ Vladimir Skračiċ (2003). Kornat Islands. Zadar: Forum. ISBN 953-179-600-9.