Kvarner Gulf

Between Istria and the mountainous eastern shore of the Adriatic, the Kvarner Gulf is divided by the islands of Cres, Krk, Rab, Pag and Lošinj. East of Krk and Rab, the Senj Channel takes its name from the mainland port of Senj. After the fall of Klis to the Ottomans in 1537, Uskok fighters made Senj a base. Their swift boats could enter small inlets, and their raids on shipping and Venetian islands contributed to a war between Venice and the Habsburgs in 1615. An agreement in 1618 removed the Uskoks from Senj.