 Satellite view of Krk | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| 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 (pronounced [kr̩̂k]; Italian: Veglia; Istro Romanian: Krk; Vegliot Dalmatian: Vikla; archaic German: Vegl, Latin: Curicta; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Κύρικον, translit. Kyrikon) is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea, located near Rijeka in the Bay of Kvarner and part of Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. Krk is tied with Cres as the largest Adriatic island, depending on the methodology used to measure the coastline.[2] Krk is the most populous island in the Adriatic, with multiple towns and villages that contain a total of 19,916 (2021) inhabitants.
- ^ a b 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 December 27, 2015.
- ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000". Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved December 1, 2019.