Prevlaka
Prevlaka is a small peninsula in southern Croatia, near the border with Montenegro, at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor on the eastern Adriatic coast. Because of its strategic location in the southern Adriatic, in the aftermath of the SFR Yugoslav breakup, the peninsula became subject to a territorial dispute between Croatia and FR Yugoslavia, a federal state that included Montenegro.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sipuljac, Public domain.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Croatia
- Also known as: “Prevlaka Peninsula” and “Privlaka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mamula.
Mamula
Islet
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
Mamula, also known colloquially as Lastavica, is an uninhabited islet in the Adriatic Sea, within the southwestern Montenegrin municipality of Herceg Novi. Mamula is situated 3½ km east of Prevlaka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Njivice and Provodina.
Njivice
Hamlet
Photo: Klackalica, CC BY 2.5.
Njivice is a village in the Herceg Novi Municipality in Montenegro. Located at the entrance into Boka Kotorska, it provides a view of the town of Herceg Novi and Mount Orjen. Njivice is situated 4 km north of Prevlaka.
Provodina
Village
Provodina is a village in the municipality of Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The settlement of Provodina consists of several hamlets, the most important of which are Njivice and Žvinje. It is close to Igalo and has access to the Adriatic Sea. Provodina is situated 4½ km north of Prevlaka.
Herceg Novi
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Although not the most spectacular city in Montenegro, Herceg Novi is probably the most pleasant and warrants several days' visit. The cities have similar architecture but Herceg Novi is neither as grand nor as touristy and expensive.
Prevlaka
- Category: landform
- Location: Dubrovnik-Neretva, Dalmatia, Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Prevlaka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Prevlaka” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Prevllaka”
- Armenian: “Պրևլակա”
- Bosnian: “Prevlaka”
- Cebuano: “Prevlaka”
- Chinese: “普雷夫拉卡半島”
- Croatian: “Ponta Oštra”
- Croatian: “Prevlaka”
- Czech: “nejjižnější bod Chorvatska”
- Czech: “Prevlaka”
- Dutch: “Prevlaka”
- French: “Prevlaka”
- German: “Prevlaka”
- Hungarian: “Prevlaka-félsziget”
- Italian: “Prevlaka”
- Japanese: “プレヴラカ半島”
- Latvian: “Prevlaka”
- Lithuanian: “Prevlakos pusiasalis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prevlakahalvøya”
- Polish: “Prevlaka”
- Portuguese: “Península de Prevlaka”
- Russian: “Превлака (полуостров)”
- Russian: “Превлака”
- Serbian: “Превлака (тврђава)”
- Serbian: “Превлака”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prevlaka”
- Slovenian: “Prevlaka”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Prevlaka”
- Spanish: “Península de Prevlaka”
- Swedish: “Prevlaka”
- Ukrainian: “Превлака (півострів)”
- Ukrainian: “Превлака”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Prevlaka”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Prevlaka and Tursko.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uvala Prevlaka and Uvala Bačvica.
Dubrovnik-Neretva: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dubrovnik, Korčula, Mljet, and Ploče.
Curious Peninsulas to Discover
Uncover intriguing peninsulas from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. 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 “Prevlaka”. Photo: Sipuljac, Public domain.