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.
Wikipedia
Photo: Sipuljac, Public domain.
  • Peninsula
  • …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
  • Description: peninsula in Croatia
  • Also known as
    “Prevlaka Peninsula”
    “Privlaka”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mamula.

Islet
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
, also known colloquially as Lastavica… is situated 3½ km east of Prevlaka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Njivice and Provodina.

Hamlet
Photo: Klackalica, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in the in . is situated 4 km north of Prevlaka.

Village
is a village in the municipality of , . is situated 4½ km north of Prevlaka.

Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Although not the most spectacular city in …

Prevlaka

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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
3213218
Wiki­data ID
Q2109394

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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”

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