Balkans
Croatia
Šibenik-Knin County

Jaz

Jaz is small uninhabited island in the Adriatic Sea, . Jaz is situated 55 m off the coast, halfway between towns of and . Its area is 0.137 km2.
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Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY 3.0.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Croatia
  • Also known as: “Ostrvo Šimun”, “Otok Jaz”, and “Šimuna škoj”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dragon’s Eye Lake and Svilan Island.

Lake
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Islet
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an islet, which is situated 3½ km west of Jaz.

Islet
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an islet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Jaz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zečevo Rogozničko and Rogoznica.

Village
Photo: MarSafranco, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the , near the town of . It is located in the region. The population is 195.

Village
Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality and a village on the coast in . It lies in the southernmost part of the , in a deep bay sheltered from wind, about 30 km from . is situated 3½ km southeast of Jaz.

Village
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and municipality in , . It is situated between the cities of and , on the Adriatic coast. is situated 5 km north of Jaz.

Jaz

Latitude
43.54191° or 43° 32′ 31″ north
Longitude
15.93322° or 15° 55′ 60″ east
Elevation
23 metres (75 feet)
Open location code
8FMQGWRM+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 6186059
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
3198748
Wiki­data ID
Q6168035
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Jaz” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Otočić Jaz”
  • Croatian: “Jaz”
  • Italian: “San Simone”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jaz (otok)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jaz”
  • Slovenian: “Jaz”
  • Swedish: “Jaz”
  • Swedish: “Otočić Jaz”

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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 “Jaz”. Photo: Ante Perkovic, CC BY 3.0.