Rava (island)

Island in Croatia

Rava panorama

Map

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]

## Relief

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### Reljef

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Satelite view with bays

Rava has a high shoreline to area ratio, with 15 bays:

1. Tanko
2. Vališina
3. Ivanoševica
4. Pavajsko
5. Pestehovac
6. Dražice
7. Golubovac
8. Martinica
9. Grbavač
10. Grbačina
11. Marnjica (Marinica)
12. Paladinjica (Paladinica)
13. Vićabok
14. Lokvina
15. Za Grbicu

## Gallery

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* Marnjica from sea

* Mala Rava from Lokvina

* With approaching storm

* Ravski kanal

## References

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1. ^ (in Italian) Rava on croaziainfo.it
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 2019-12-26.5-32&rft.date=2004-06&rft_id=info:doi/10.15291/geoadria.127&rft.aulast=Duplančić+Leder&rft.aufirst=Tea&rft.au=Ujević,+Tin&rft.au=Čala,+Mendi&rft_id=https://hrcak.srce.hr/9636&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rava+(island)" class="Z3988">
3. ^ a b c (in Croatian) First Croatian online peljar
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 2019.33-60&rft.date=1999&rft_id=info:doi/10.15291/geoadria.147&rft.au=Damir+Magaš&rft.au=Josip+Faričić&rft_id=https://hrcak.srce.hr/9733&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Rava+(island)" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "Rava" (in Croatian). Retrieved 29 January 2016.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rava (island).

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

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