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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Adriatic Sea |
| Coordinates | 44°46′59.88″N 14°45′6.84″E / 44.7833000°N 14.7519000°E |
| Area | 86.115 km2 (33.249 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 408 m (1339 ft) |
| Highest point | Kamenjak |
| Administration | |
| County | Primorje-Gorski Kotar |
| Largest settlement | Palit (pop. 1,580) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 7,161 (2021) |
| Pop. density | 83.156/km2 (215.373/sq mi) |
Rab [ɾâːb] (Dalmatian: Arba, Latin: Arba, Italian: Arbe, German: Arbey) is an island in the northern Dalmatia region in Croatia, located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
The island is 22 km (14 mi) long, has an area of 93.6 km2 (36 sq mi)[1] and 9,328 inhabitants (2011).[2] The main settlement on the island is the eponymous town of Rab, although the neighboring village of Palit has the biggest population. The highest peak is Kamenjak at 408 m. The northeastern side of the island is mostly barren, karst, while the southwestern side is covered by one of the last oak forests of the Mediterranean.
Ferries connect the island of Rab with the mainland port of Stinica and with the neighbouring islands of Krk and Pag. European Coastal Airlines offered multiple daily connections by seaplane from Rab to Zagreb and to Rijeka via Rijeka Airport in Omišalj on the neighboring island of Krk, until it ceased operations in 2016.[3]
- ^ 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" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "European Coastal Airlines ceases operations". www.exyuaviation.com. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.