Prevlaka Island

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Prevlaka Island (Also known as Island of Flowers) is an island on the Adriatic Sea, in Montenegrin municipality of Tivat.

[edit] About the island

Prevlaka Island is located near the town of Tivat, in the Bay of Kotor. The island is 300 m long and 200 m wide. It is connected with mainland by a narrow isthmus.

The island was the residence of the metropolitan of Zeta’s diocese was from 13th to the 15th century. It was a tourist resort for the military personnel, closed for general public in SFRY. It is today populated with about a hundred people, mainly living in the bungalows.

The Prevlaka Island is not to be confused with Prevlaka Peninsula, also located in the Bay of Kotor, but belonging to Croatia.