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Bol

Bol is a town on the island of Brac in . Situated in a secluded place on the southern coast of the island, Bol is the oldest town of Brac and one of the most famous seaside resorts of the Adriatic.
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  • Type: Village with 1,610 residents
  • Description: municipality and settlement in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Bol, Croatia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zlatni Rat and Brač Airport.

Beach
Photo: Miran Hojnik, CC BY 2.0.
The , often referred to as the Golden Cape or Golden Horn, is a spit of land located about 2 kilometres west from the harbour town of Bol on the southern coast of the island of , in the region of .

Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an airport on the island of , close to the town of Bol, after which it is sometimes also named informally. It is one of three island airports in the country used for commercial passenger flights, mainly charter traffic from Europe during the summer season. is situated 3½ km northeast of Bol.

Peak
Photo: Kelovy, Public domain.
is the highest peak on the island of , and also the highest peak on all Adriatic islands. It is situated above the village of Bol. The name translates as Mount St. Vitus into English.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Murvica.

Village
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is a 22-inhabitant small village 6 km west of Bol, on the island , in . It is situated among karst caves along the southern side of the island and was mentioned for the first time in 1286. is situated 5 km west of Bol.

Bol

Latitude
43.2605° or 43° 15′ 38″ north
Longitude
16.652° or 16° 39′ 7″ east
Population
1,610
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
HR BOL
Open location code
8FMR7M62+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 390952279
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3203765
Wiki­data ID
Q833865
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Waray—“Bol” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Бол”
  • Basque: “Bol”
  • Belarusian: “Бол”
  • Bengali: “বোল, ক্রোয়েশিয়া”
  • Bosnian: “Bol”
  • Catalan: “Bol”
  • Cebuano: “Bol”
  • Chinese: “伯埃爾 (克羅地亞)”
  • Chinese: “伯埃爾 (克羅埃西亞)”
  • Chinese: “伯埃爾”
  • Chinese: “平原”
  • Chinese: “波爾”
  • Croatian: “Bol (Brač)”
  • Croatian: “Bol (općina)”
  • Croatian: “Bol”
  • Czech: “Bol”
  • Dutch: “Bol (Kroatië, eiland Brac)”
  • Dutch: “Bol”
  • Finnish: “Bol”
  • French: “Bol”
  • German: “Bol”
  • Hungarian: “Bol”
  • Italian: “Bol (Croazia)”
  • Italian: “Bol”
  • Italian: “Vallo della Brazza”
  • Japanese: “ボル (クロアチア)”
  • Japanese: “ボル”
  • Latin: “Vallum Brattiae”
  • Lombard: “Bol (Brazza)”
  • Lombard: “Bol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bol på Brač”
  • Norwegian: “Bol”
  • Persian: “بول (کرواسی)”
  • Persian: “بول”
  • Polish: “Bol”
  • Polish: “Gmina Bol”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Bol, Split-Dalmația”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Bol”
  • Russian: “Бол”
  • Serbian: “Бол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bol (Brač)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bol (općina)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bol”
  • Slovak: “Bol (Brač)”
  • Slovak: “Bol (obec na Brači)”
  • Slovak: “Bol”
  • Slovenian: “Bol, Hrvaška”
  • Slovenian: “Bol”
  • Spanish: “Bol”
  • Swedish: “Bol, Kroatien”
  • Swedish: “Bol”
  • Turkish: “Bol”
  • Ukrainian: “Бол”
  • Venetian: “Bol (Brazza)”
  • Venetian: “Bol”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bol, Croatia”

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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 “Bol”. Photo: Kelovy, Public domain.