Prevlaka

Prevlaka is a small peninsula in southern , near the border with , 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.
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  • Peninsula
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
  • Description: peninsula in Croatia
  • Also known as
    “Prevlaka Peninsula”
    “Privlaka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Mamula.
, also known colloquially as Lastavica…
3½ km east of Prevlaka

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Njivice and Provodina.
is a village in the in .
4 km north of Prevlaka
Village
is a village in the municipality of , .
4½ km north of Prevlaka
Although not the most spectacular city in …
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Latitude
42.4° or 42° 24′ north
Longitude
18.51667° or 18° 31′ east
Open location code
8FJWCG28+2M
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Prevlaka” goes by many names.
PrevllakaAlbanian
ՊրևլակաArmenian
PrevlakaBosnian
PrevlakaCebuano
普雷夫拉卡半島Chinese
Ponta OštraCroatian
PrevlakaCroatian
nejjižnější bod ChorvatskaCzech
PrevlakaCzech
PrevlakaDutch
Prevlaka-félszigetHungarian
PrevlakaItalian
プレヴラカ半島Japanese
PrevlakaLatvian
Prevlakos pusiasalisLithuanian
PrevlakahalvøyaNorwegian Nynorsk
PrevlakaPolish
ПревлакаRussian
Превлака (полуостров)Russian
ПревлакаSerbian
Превлака (тврђава)Serbian
PrevlakaSerbo-Croatian
PrevlakaSlovenian
PrevlakaSwedish
ПревлакаUkrainian
Превлака (півострів)Ukrainian

Localities in the Area

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