Dugi Otok

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Dugi Otok
Isola Lunga.JPG
Western shore of Dugi otok
Croatia - Dugi Otok.PNG
Location Adriatic Sea
Coordinates 44°01′N 15°01′E﻿ / ﻿44.017°N 15.017°E﻿ / 44.017; 15.017
Area 114.44 km2 (44.19 sq mi)
Highest elevation 300 m (1,000 ft)
County Zadar
Largest city Sali
Population 1,772 (as of 2001[1])




Map. The longest island is Dugi Otok

The island has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII in the 10th century mentioned it under the name of Pizuh, and later it was called Insula Tilagus in documents ("pelagos" in Greek means sea), and its Latin name was Insula maior. In the 15th century it was registered as Veli otok.

The old and main settlement on the island was located in the southern area. It has only been inhabited significantly since the Turkish invasions (15th-16th centuries). Until then the island belonged to Zadar monasteries and citizens.[3] Nowadays there is a total of 10 settlements on the island, and they are all on the north-eastern side of the island concerned primarily with fishing, although salt was once produced here.

The village of Veli Rat is also home to the Veli Rat lighthouse, another spectacular sight. The beautiful island of Dugi Otok, with a Mediterranean climate and ancient Croatian culture, receives very few visitors. Olive oil, figs, cheese and wine accompany the seafood in the natives' diet. A definite step back in time, the island boasts an ancient church and some Roman ruins. It is in close proximity to Kornati.


The salt lake


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  1. ^ "Statistical Yearbook" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Croatia. 2003. Retrieved 2010-09-18. Inhabited islands of Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea 
  2. ^ 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 (Zadar) 9 (1): 5–32. Retrieved 2011-01-21. 