Prežba
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Prežba is a small uninhabited island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 in the Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n part of the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

, located northwest of the island of Lastovo
Lastovo
Lastovo is an island municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in Croatia. The municipality consists of 46 islands with a total population of 792 people, of which 93% are ethnic Croats, and a land area of approximately . The biggest island in the municipality is also named Lastovo, as is the...

 in southern Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

. It is connected to Lastovo by a bridge at the village of Pasadur
Pasadur
Pasadur is a small coastal village in southern Croatia. It is located in the northwest shore of the island of Lastovo, facing the nearby uninhabited isle of Prežba. Administratively it belongs to the Lastovo municipality, which is in turn part of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County....

 on Lastovo. Prežba's area is 2.81 km², but its coastline is 14.23 km long, due to the large number of coves on the island.Its highest peak is 136 m above sea level and there is a lighthouse on the south side of the island, across the bay from Ubli
Ubli, Lastovo
Uble, sometimes referred to as Ubli, is a small coastal village in southern Croatia. It is located on the island of Lastovo in Dubrovnik-Neretva County....

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