The Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska in Croatian) is located on the east side of the Adriatic Sea and includes most of the coastline of the former federation of Yugoslavia. Including the historic regions of Istria, Croatia Proper, and Dalmatia, this coastal region has a very long history. Southern Dalmatia was the independent Republic of Ragusa for several centuries until it was captured by Napoleon in 1808. (Ragusa is the Italian name for Dubrovnik.) After the Napoleonic Wars the former Ragusa was part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austrian Empire until that empire was dissolved in 1918, at the end of World War I. The area was then incorporated into the state of Croatia within the federation of Yugoslavia. Croatia became independent in 1991 when the Yugoslav federation fell apart. Croatia is divided into 21 counties, 7 of which touch the coast. The principal ports are Rijeka in the north, Split on the central coast, and Dubrovnik in the far south. This page covers the southernmost section of the Croatian coastline in the county of Dubrovnik-Neretva. This is approximately the area of the former Republic of Ragusa. Many places in Croatia were better known in the past by their Italian names. The Italian names of lighthouses, when known, are shown in curved brackets {}. The Croatian word for a lighthouse is svjetionik. The word rt is a cape or promontory, otok is an island, otočić is an islet, hrid (plural hridi) is a rock, plićak or pličina is a shoal, zaljev is a bay, rijeka is a river, and luka is a port or harbor. Aids to navigation in Croatia are managed by Plovput, a state-owned corporation. Plovput has developed several of its light stations for vacation rental. Plovput has two regional offices in southern Dalmatia, at Dubrovnik and Korčula. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. PS numbers are the numbers, if known, from the Croatian light list Popis Svjetala i Signala za Maglu. Admiralty numbers are from volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113.
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Adjoining pages: North: Central Dalmatia | East: Bosnia and Herzegovina | South: Montenegro
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Posted October 9, 2006. Checked and revised December 30, 2024. Lighthouses: 25. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.