2017
The Adriatic Sea, roughly 100 miles wide, begins at the Mediterranean Sea and runs northwest about 800 miles to where Italy, Slovenia and Croatia come together at its northern terminus. The Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the eastern Balkan Peninsula for its entire length.
Along the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea, the eastern Balkan Peninsula (North-to-South), includes Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece.
From its northern end, at Slovenia, Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast extends south-southeast, opposite Italy, all the way southeast to just beyond Dubrovnik, at its border with Montenegro.
The Dalmatian Coast’s strong Italian influence stretches back to Italy’s occupation of the Coast by the Romans in 12 AD, which lasted, off and on, for nearly 400 years.
