Galesnjak
An uninhabited islet shaped almost exactly like a heart, which nobody noticed until satellite maps arrived.
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Galesnjak lies in the Pasman channel between the mainland and Pasman island, a small uninhabited islet of about 130,000 square metres whose outline is a near-perfect heart. The shape was recorded on charts long before - Napoleon's surveyors mapped it in the early nineteenth century - but nobody made anything of it until satellite imagery became public in the late 2000s, at which point international coverage found it and it became briefly famous. It is privately owned and undeveloped: scrub, a few olives, stone shore and no buildings, no water and no facilities. Visiting means arranging a boat.
What you actually see
- A heart-shaped outline - about 130,000 square metres of it.
- Charted long before it was famous - mapped under Napoleon.
- Found by satellite imagery - the reason anyone knows it now.
- Undeveloped scrub and stone - no buildings and no water.
When to go
May to September, when the sea allows small boats. Half a day.
Honest expectations
The heart shape is only visible from the air - from a boat it is an ordinary islet. There is no scheduled transport and charter costs money. The island is private, with no facilities of any kind.
Nearby
Pasman is across the channel; Zadar is north.
What to pack for Galesnjak
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
