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Vele Orjule

Coordinates: 44°30′00″N 14°33′21″E / 44.50000°N 14.55583°E / 44.50000; 14.55583
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Vele Orjule
Vele Orjule (left) and Male Orjule (right) from Sveti Petar
Map
Geography
LocationAdriatic Sea
Coordinates44°30′00″N 14°33′21″E / 44.50000°N 14.55583°E / 44.50000; 14.55583
ArchipelagoCres-Lošinj
Area1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi)
Highest elevation30 m (100 ft)
Highest pointPristavnica
Administration
Demographics
Population0

Vele Orjule is an uninhabited Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea located southeast of Lošinj. Its area is 1.06 km2 (0.41 sq mi).[1]

West of this island is good and sheltered anchorage.

In 1996, the statue of Croatian Apoxyomenos got discovered there.

View from the highest hill of the island Ilovik

References

  1. ^ Duplančić Leder, Tea; Ujević, Tin; Čala, Mendi (June 2004). "Coastline lengths and areas of islands in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea determined from the topographic maps at the scale of 1 : 25 000" (PDF). Geoadria. 9 (1). Zadar: 5–32. doi:10.15291/geoadria.127. Retrieved 2019-12-23.