Croatia
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Municipality of Baška

Baška

Baška is situated in the valley of the same name at the very southeast of the island of in . The bet known feature of the area is its 1800-m-long pebble beach, the longest, and the largest one on part of the Adriatic sea.
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  • Type: Village with 981 residents
  • Description: municipality and settlement in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Baška Primorje”, “Baška, Croatia”, and “Baškanova”
  • Neighbors:
Photo: Olaf1541, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St. Lucy.

Church
Photo: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The in near Baška, , is a Romanesque Catholic church from the year 1100 with two major medieval Croatian artifacts: the Baška Tablet, and a checkerboard-pattern carving on the bell tower that is suspected to be one of the first instances of the Croatian coat of arms.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Batomalj and Jurandvor.

Village
is a small located on the island of , 3 km to the east of Baška and just to the southeast of . The Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Gorica, which is believed to date back to the 11th century, is located to the northeast of the village.

Village
Photo: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , just to the north of Baška. It is connected by the D102 highway. The historic is located in the village.

Village
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is a in on the island of . It is connected by the D102 highway. The village celebrates the Fiesta of St. Ročo on August 16th. Typical local products include honey and goat cheese. is situated 3½ km northwest of Baška.

Baška

Latitude
44.9709° or 44° 58′ 15″ north
Longitude
14.7508° or 14° 45′ 3″ east
Population
981
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
8FPPXQC2+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270125038
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3204441
Wiki­data ID
Q791614
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Baška” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باشكا”
  • Armenian: “Բաշկա”
  • Basque: “Baška (Kroazia)”
  • Basque: “Baška”
  • Bosnian: “Baška”
  • Cebuano: “Baška”
  • Chinese: “巴什卡”
  • Croatian: “Baška”
  • Czech: “Baška”
  • Dutch: “Baška”
  • Esperanto: “Baška”
  • French: “Baška”
  • German: “Baška”
  • Greek: “Μπάσκα”
  • Hungarian: “Baška”
  • Italian: “Bescanuova”
  • Japanese: “バシュカ (クロアチア)”
  • Japanese: “バシュカ”
  • Latin: “Bescanova”
  • Lombard: “Bascanoeuva”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Baška”
  • Persian: “شهرستان باشکا”
  • Polish: “Baška”
  • Polish: “Gmina Baška”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Baška, Primorje-Gorski kotar”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Baška”
  • Russian: “Башка”
  • Serbian: “Башка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Baška”
  • Slovak: “Baška (Chorvátsko)”
  • Slovak: “Baška”
  • Slovenian: “Baška”
  • Spanish: “Baška”
  • Swedish: “Baška, Kroatien”
  • Swedish: “Baška”
  • Turkish: “Baska”
  • Turkish: “Baška”
  • Turkish: “Başka”
  • Turkish: “Bescanuova”
  • Ukrainian: “Башка”
  • Venetian: “Bescanuova”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Baška”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Baška”. Photo: August Dominus, CC BY-SA 4.0.