Wide view of Zlatni Rat, Brac, Croatia.

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Zlatni Rat

Bol · Croatia

View of Zlatni Rat in Bol, Brac
Zlatni Rat in Bol, Brac.

The short version, from the cited sources

Zlatni Rat, the Golden Horn, extends from the island of Brac into the Hvar Channel as a spit of fine white pebbles whose very tip visibly shifts shape with wind and current. It is Croatia's most recognised natural landmark, printed on tourism material for decades, and the reliable afternoon maestral wind makes the channel a noted windsurfing run. A pine grove shades the spine of the spit behind the two pebble shores.

Country
Croatia (HR)
Region
Europe
Sand
White pebble
Surface
Pebbles
Water
Clear adriatic channel water
Coast
On the Adriatic Sea
Administrative area
Split-Dalmatia County
Timezone
Europe/Zagreb
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2026-04-02

Names in the record

Zlatni Rat

  • Plage de Zlatni Rat (o Corne d'Or)
  • Playa de Zlatni Rat (o Cuerno de Oro)
  • Spiaggia di Zlatni Rat (o Corno d'Oro)
  • Strand Zlatni Rat (o Goldenes Horn)
  • Zlatni Rat Beach
  • Zlatni Rat Beach (o Golden Horn)
  • Zlatni Rat strand (o Gouden Hoorn)

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  • Access and accessibility
  • Facilities and lifeguards
  • Seasonality and crowd pattern
  • Current hazards and restrictions
  • Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds

Source position

43.25687, 16.63440

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Direct provenance

Sources behind this record

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  1. GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗

    Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.

    Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 · Retrieved 2026-09-02
  2. OpenStreetMap beach element tagsOpenStreetMap contributors ↗

    Surface, lifeguard, access, wheelchair and facility tags read from the beach's own OpenStreetMap element; the per-record citation links the element.

    ODbL 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
  3. Wikidata beach itemsWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Coordinates, administrative area, body of water, length and typed beach class read from the beach item's own statements; the per-record citation links the item.

    CC0 1.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
  4. Wikipedia beach articlesWikimedia Foundation ↗

    Encyclopedia articles used for the editorial summary of illustrated records; the per-record citation links the specific article.

    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 · Retrieved 2026-10-04
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