Pag, Croatia

Pag is a Croatian island in the northern Adriatic Sea. It is the 5. largest island of the Croatian coast, and the one with the longest coastline.

The island has an area of 305 square kilometres and the coastline is 302.47 kilometres. It is around 60 kilometres long (from northwest to southeast), and between 2 and 10 kilometres wide

Most of the island is rocky; smaller areas are covered with Mediterranean shrubs..

In the 2001 census, the population of the island was 7,969. There are two towns on the island, Pag and Novalja, as well as many smaller villages and tourist places.

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The image was taken by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 satellite on 1st May, 2012.

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