Korčula
Korčula is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in Southern Dalmatia, near Dubrovnik. According to some sources, Marco Polo may have been born here. Korčula has about 2,860 residents.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Cathedral of St. Mark
Church
The Cathedral of St. Mark also called Korčula Cathedral, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Korčula, Croatia. Photo: Cosal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Localities in the Area
Orebić
Orebić is a port town and municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county in Croatia. Photo: Quahadi, CC BY 3.0.Lumbarda
Lumbarda is a small village and a municipality located on the eastern tip of Korčula in Croatia, seven kilometers away from the town of Korčula. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.Town of Korčula
Town
Korčula is a historic fortified town on the protected east coast of the island of Korčula, in Croatia, in the Adriatic. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Korčula
Latitude 42.9604° or 42° 57' 37.4" north | Longitude 17.1353° or 17° 8' 6.9" east |
Open Location Code 8FJVX46P+53 | Population 2,860 |
United Nations Location Code HR KOR | Elevation 6 metres (20 feet) |
GeoNames ID 3197710 |
Also Known As
- Albanian: Korčula
- Arabic: كورتشولا
- Azerbaijani: Kоrçulа
- Basque: Korčula
- Belarusian: Корчула
- Bosnian: Korčula
- Breton: Korčula
- Bulgarian: Корчула
- Catalan: Korčula
- Cebuano: Otok Korčula
- Chinese: 科爾丘拉島
- Croatian: Korčula
- Czech: Korčula
- Dutch: Korčula
- Esperanto: Korčula
- Estonian: Korčula (saar)
- Estonian: Korčula
- Finnish: Korčula
- French: Korčula
- French: Île de Korčula
- German: Curzola
- German: Korcula
- German: Korčula
- German: Melaina Korkyra
- Greek: Κόρκυρα Μέλαινα
- Greek: Κόρτσουλα
- Hebrew: קורצ'ולה
- Hungarian: Korčula
- Indonesian: Korčula
- Italian: Curzola
- Italian: Isola di Curzola
- Japanese: コルチュラ島
- Korean: 코르출라섬
- Latin: Corcyra Nigra
- Latvian: Korčula
- Letzeburgesch: Korčula
- Lithuanian: Korčula
- Macedonian: Корчула
- Norwegian: Korčula
- Norwegian Bokmål: Korčula
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Korčula
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Korčula
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Корчулæ
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Корчула
- Persian: کورچولا
- Polish: Korčula
- Portuguese: Korčula
- Romanian: Korčula
- Russian: Корчула
- Scots: Korčula
- Serbian: Korčula
- Serbian: Корчула
- Serbo-Croatian: Korčula
- Slovak: Korčula
- Slovenian: Korčula
- Sorbian, Upper: Korčula
- Spanish: Korčula
- Swahili (generic): Korcula
- Swedish: Korčula
- Turkish: Korčula
- Ukrainian: Корчула
- Pulau Korčula
Other Places Named Korčula
- Town of KorčulaTown in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia
- KorculaIsland in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia
- Dominče Korčula ferry portStation in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia
- KorčulaStation in Croatia
In the Area
Localities
- MedvinjakHamlet
- Žrnovska BanjaHamlet
- KučišteVillage
- ŽrnovoVillage
- Podgorje, OrebićHamlet
- PostranaHamlet
Landmarks
- Kocula Ferry PortPort
- Uvala LukaBay
- Luka BanjaCove
- BadijaIsland
- Luka BufaloBay
- Sveti IlijaSummit
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