Sveti Andrija (Dubrovnik)
Sveti Andrija (Italian Donzella ) is an uninhabited island in Croatia in Dubrovnik-Neretva County and part of Elaphiten. It is about 11 km from the city of Dubrovnik. At St. Andrew, the most widely placed toward the open sea island of Elaphiten, there are the remains of a 1799 officially abandoned, but probably before then discontinued and a Benedictine monastery erected in 1873, has since then been converted lighthouse. Sveti Andrija also served the early 15th century as a quarantine station for the plague around here in the middle of the 16th century lived the Benedictine monk and poet Mavro Vetranovič ( 1482-1576 ) as a hermit.
Generally
The coast of the island consists mainly of bare rock. The western part of the island is dominated by dense coniferous forests, the remainder by various other sclerophylls.
Inhabited Islands: Biševo | Brac | Brijuni | Cres | Drvenik Mali | Drvenik Veli | Dugi Otok | Hvar | Ilovik | Is | Iz | Kaprija | Koločep | Kornati | Korcula | Krapanj | Krk | Lastovo | Lopud | Lošinj | Male Srakane | Mljet | Molat | Murter | Olib | Pag | Pasman | Premandura | Prvić | Rab | Rava | Rivanj | Sestrunj | Silba | Susak | Ugljan | Unije | Vele Srakane | Vir | Vis | Vrgade | Zlarin | Zverinac | Ciovo | Sipan | Solta | Žirje
Uninhabited islands: Arta Vela | Dolin | Drvenik | Goli | Jakljan | Kakan | Katina | Kurba Vela | Lavdara Vela | Lavsa | Levrnaka | Mali Brijuni | Maun | Mrčara | Piškera | Planik | Plavnik | Prezba | Prvić | Samograd | Sit | Smokvice Vela | Susac | Svetac | St. Andrew | Sveti Gregory | Sveti Klement | Tijat | Tun Veli | Vele Orjule | Veli Brijuni | Zeca | Zmajan | Škarda | Škrda | Šćedro | Zut
Islets and rocks, Palagruža
- Island ( Europe)
- Island ( Croatia)
- Island ( Adriatic Sea )
- Geography (Dubrovnik)