Sveti Marko (Bay of Kotor)
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| Waters | Bay of Kotor | |
| Archipelago | Krtoljski Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 42 ° 24 '40 " N , 18 ° 41' 30" E | |
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| length | 1.6 km | |
| width | 430 m | |
| surface | 40 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The island of Školj (also Sveti Marko , Stradioti ) is the largest island in the Bay of Kotor and, along with the Flower Island and Gospa od Milosti, one of the three islands in the Tivat Basin , also known as the Krtoljski Archipelago .
In the Middle Ages the island was called Sveti Gavrilo (Eng. "Saint Gabriel"), after a Nemanjiden foundation, the Orthodox monastery of the same name. During the Venetian rule the island was named Stradioti after a barracks of Venetian soldiers of Greek origin, the stradiotes . From 1968 to 1990 the island was home to the attractive holiday complex Sveti Marko , from which the current name of the island is derived.