Zaostrog
Zaostrog is a tourist town and harbor along the Adriatic Sea in southern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located between Makarska and Ploče. It consists of two parts, an older part below a steep limestone section of the Biokovo mountain range, and a newer coastal zone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mario Žamić, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 330 residents
- Description: settlement in the Municipality of Gradac, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
- Also known as: “Rastozza”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Podaca and Drvenik.
Podaca
Village
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Podaca is a coastal village and tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, halfway between big urban centers of Split and Dubrovnik, or more closely cities of Makarska and Ploče, in the Gradac municipality, across from Pelješac peninsula and the famous Hvar island. Podaca is situated 3 km southeast of Zaostrog.
Drvenik
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Drvenik is a coastal town of 420 people on the Makarska coast between Split and Dubrovnik, 24 km south-east from Makarska. Drvenik consists of two settlements, Gornja and Donja Vala, about a kilometre apart.
Brist
Village
Brist is a village in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, population 400. Located on the Adriatic coast between Makarska and Ploče, with a tradition of fishing, and wine and olive growing, the village is oriented towards tourism in recent decades. Brist is situated 4 km southeast of Zaostrog.
Zaostrog
- Categories: settlement in Croatia and locality
- Location: Municipality of Gradac, Split-Dalmatia, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.14047° or 43° 8′ 26″ northLongitude
17.27954° or 17° 16′ 46″ eastPopulation
330Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
8FMV47RH+5ROpenStreetMap ID
node 361410626OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3186794Wikidata ID
Q147163
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Ukrainian—“Zaostrog” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Zaostrog”
- Bulgarian: “Заострог”
- Cebuano: “Zaostrog”
- Croatian: “Zaostrog”
- Czech: “Zaostrog”
- Dutch: “Zaostrog”
- French: “Zaostrog”
- German: “Zaostrog”
- Hungarian: “Zaostrog”
- Italian: “Zaostrog”
- Polish: “Zaostrog”
- Serbian: “Заострог”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaostrog”
- Slovenian: “Zaostrog”
- Swedish: “Zaostrog”
- Ukrainian: “Зострог”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Zaostrog”. Photo: Mario Žamić, CC BY-SA 3.0.