Cres
Cherso
44°53′N 14°23′E
Cres is an Adriatic island in west Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina).
Terrain
44°53′N 14°23′E
Overview
Cres is an Adriatic island in west Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina). With an area of 405.78 square kilometres (156.67 mi2), Cres has the same size as the neighbouring Krk island. In 2011, Cres had a population of 3,079 people. In Earths earlier history, Cres and the neighbouring island of Lošinj used to be one island, but now they are divided by a channel and connected by a bridge that starts from the town of Osor. Cres's only freshwater source is Lake Vrana.
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Nearest islands
Also in Dalmatian
Photographs
Aerial image of the northern part of Cres (view from the south)
Croatia, aerial views along the coast of Croatia
Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist. / CC BY-SA 3.0
Blick vom SIS
Die Insel Cres aus der Luft, aufgenommen am 1.7.2017, aus einem Airbus A318.
Von der Straße D100 Richtung Nordwest, die Inselhauptstadt Cres liegt am Nordende der Hafenbucht Luka Cres.
Oberhalb von Cres
Viewpoint on the island Cres near Vodice (precisely at 45º latitude). View to the southwest. High-resolution panorama (11 600 x 4 000 pixels).
Bikeway on the island of Cres, Croatia.
The mountain biker on the island of Cres, Croatia.
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Photographs
- Aerial image of the northern part of Cres (view from the south). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2014-12-08 09-31-26 11112.2 Croatia Istarska Brovinje Brovinje. Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist. / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Blick vom SIS - panoramio. Maik Roscher / CC BY 3.0
- 20170701 111211 Insel Cres. BlueScreen-Bertrand / CC BY-SA 4.0
- D.12 Cres, Inselhauptstraße. Falk2 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- M3.00 Creski zaljev. Falk2 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- M3.00a Straßenausbau Cres–Osor. Falk2 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Oberhalb von Cres - panoramio. Maik Roscher / CC BY 3.0
- On Cres Island (33362183534). Bernd Thaller from Graz, Austria / CC BY 2.0
- Plavnik from Cres. Bernd Thaller from Graz, Austria / CC BY 2.0
- Cres bikeway. Oana Bacanu / CC BY 2.0
- Oana the mountain biker. Oana Bacanu / CC BY 2.0