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Galešnjak

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Galešnjak (also called Island of Love, ''Lover's Island, Otok za zaljubljene, Love Island'') is located in the Pašman Canal of the Adriatic, between the islands of Pašman and the town of Turanj on mainland Croatia. It is one of the world's few naturally occurring heart-shaped objects.

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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Galešnjak, and connects out to Adriatic Sea, Croatia and Napoleon.

The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Islands of the Adriatic Sea, Islets of Croatia and Private islands of Croatia.

Vinony links it to 17 Wikipedia language editions.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Country
Yugoslavia
Located in
Zadar County
Area
0.132
Body of water
Adriatic Sea
Image
Galešnjak.jpg
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Galešnjak (also called Island of Love, ''Lover's Island, Otok za zaljubljene, Love Island'') is located in the Pašman Canal of the Adriatic, between the islands of Pašman and the town of Turanj on mainland Croatia. It is one of the world's few naturally occurring heart-shaped objects.

The island has a surface area of 0.132&nbsp;km2, with its beach measuring 1.55&nbsp;km in length. The island features two peaks, the highest of which is 36 m high above sea level.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Galešnjak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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