Veliki Školj
Veliki Školj is uninhabited islet in the Bay of Mali Ston, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the nearby islet of Mali Školj makes the only two Bosnia and Herzegovina's islands in the Adriatic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Also known as: “Veliki Skolj”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mali Školj and Archaeological site Vranjevo Selo.
Mali Školj
Islet
Mali Školj is uninhabited islet in the Bay of Mali Ston, located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the nearby islet of Veliki Školj makes the only two Bosnia and Herzegovina's islands in the Adriatic Sea.
Archaeological site Vranjevo Selo
Historic site
Photo: MaGa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Archaeological site Vranjevo Selo is a historic site, which is situated 3 km northeast of Veliki Školj.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neum and Duba Stonska.
Neum
Neum is a resort town on the 9 km strip of Adriatic coast that belongs to Bosnia and Herzegovina. In other contexts this country is often loosely referred to as "Bosnia", but Neum is specifically part of Herzegovina.
Duba Stonska
Village
Photo: Quahadi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duba Stonska is a village in the municipality of Ston, Croatia. Duba Stonska is situated 3½ km southeast of Veliki Školj.
Duži
Village
Photo: MaGa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Duži is a village in the municipality of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Duži is situated 4½ km northeast of Veliki Školj.
Veliki Školj
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
42.90159° or 42° 54′ 6″ northLongitude
17.62213° or 17° 37′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8FJVWJ2C+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 245967654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Bosnian to Swedish—“Veliki Školj” goes by many names.
- Bosnian: “Veliki Školj”
- Cebuano: “Veliki Školj (pulo sa Bosnia ug Herzegovina)”
- Cebuano: “Veliki Školj”
- Croatian: “Veliki Školj”
- Italian: “Camenac”
- Italian: “scoglio Grande”
- Italian: “Scoglio Grande”
- Italian: “Veliki Školj”
- Macedonian: “Голем Шкољ (Клек)”
- Macedonian: “Голем Шкољ”
- Serbian: “Veliki Školj”
- Serbian: “Велики Шкољ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki Školj”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Školj (Klek)”
- Slovenian: “Veliki Školj”
- Swedish: “Veliki Školj”
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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 “Veliki Školj”. Photo: Hrast, CC BY-SA 3.0.