Pakleni Islands

Pakleni

Native name: Pakleni Otoci Nickname: Škoji
Pakleni islands from the city of Hvar: Galešnik, Jerolim and Marinkovac (far right)
Pakleni
Geography
Location	Adriatic Sea
Total islands	16
Major islands	Sveti Klement, Marinkovac
Area	7.165093 km2 (2.766458 sq mi)
Highest elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Highest point	Vela glava
Administration
Croatia
County	Split

The Pakleni (pronounced [pǎklɛniː]) or sometimes referred as Paklinski ([pâkliːnskiː]) islands are located off the southwest coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the entrance to the Hvar (city) harbour. Usual local name is Škoji, which means Islands. The name is popularly translated as Hells' islands (pakleni: hellish),^[1] but it originally derives from paklina, an archaic word, from which pakleni is derived. too. "Paklina" means "tar", and in this case refers to the pine resin once used to coat ships that was harvested on these islands.^[2]