With an area of 60 km2 and 70 km of indented coastline, it is one of the larger Croatian islands. It is connected to the island of Ugljan by the Ždrelac Bridge, and is separated from the mainland by the Pašman Channel, which in some places is only 2 km wide. It is also one of the islands closest to the mainland. It is located in the Zadar archipelago, between the cities of Zadar and Biograd at Sea.
