Rava (island)

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Approaching storm over the island Rava, Croatia

Rava is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. It is situated in the Zadar Archipelago, between Iž and Dugi Otok, 16 nautical miles (30 km) from Zadar.^[1] Its area is 3.6 km²,^[2]^[3] and it has a population of 117 (as of 2011^[update]).^[4] The only settlements on the island are Vela Rava and Mala Rava. The coast of the island is very indented with 13 bays and 15.45 kilometres (9.6 miles) of coastline.^[3] The island is composed of dolomite.^[5] The primary industries are agriculture (mainly olives, but some vineyards also^[6]) and fishing.^[3]

References

^ (in Italian) Rava on croaziainfo.it
^ 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 2019-12-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c (in Croatian) First Croatian online peljar
^ 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.
^ Damir Magaš; Josip Faričić (1999). "Prirodno-geografska obilježja otoka Rave u Zadarskom arhipelagu" [Basic physicogeographical characteristics of the Rava Island in the Zadar archipelago]. Geoadria (in Croatian). 4: 33–60. doi:10.15291/geoadria.147. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Rava" (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 January 2016.

External links

(in Croatian) Rava portal
(in Croatian) Site dedicated to Rava
(in Croatian) A page about Rava
{English} About Rava, Vela Rava, Videos/Pictures, Kayaking

44°01′19″N 15°03′59″E / 44.021941°N 15.066386°E / 44.021941; 15.066386

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[1] (in Italian) Rava on croaziainfo.it

[Duplancic-Cala-Ujevic-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. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-26.

[peljar-3] (in Croatian) First Croatian online peljar

[yearbook-4] 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.

[5] Damir Magaš; Josip Faričić (1999). "Prirodno-geografska obilježja otoka Rave u Zadarskom arhipelagu" [Basic physicogeographical characteristics of the Rava Island in the Zadar archipelago]. Geoadria (in Croatian). 4: 33–60. doi:10.15291/geoadria.147. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[6] "Rava" (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 January 2016.

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> 100 km²	Brač Cres Dugi Otok Hvar Korčula Krk Pag
10–100 km²	Čiovo Drvenik Veli Iž Kornat Lastovo Lošinj Mljet Molat Murter Olib Pašman Prvić (Krk) Rab Sestrunj Silba Šipan Šolta Ugljan Unije Vir Vis Žirje Žut
1–10 km²	Arta Velika Biševo Dolin Drvenik Mali Goli Otok Ilovik Ist Jakljan Kakan Kaprije Katina Koločep Kurba Vela Lavdara Lavsa Levrnaka Lopud Mali Brijun Maun Mrčara Piškera Planik Plavnik Premuda Prežba Prvić (Šibenik) Rava Rivanj Šćedro Sit Smokvica Vela (Kornat) Škarda Škrda Sušac Susak Svetac Sveti Grgur Sveti Klement Tijat Tun Veli Vele Orjule Vele Srakane Veliki Brijun Vrgada Zeča Zlarin Zmajan Zverinac
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