Veli Rat is a village in Croatia on the island of Dugi Otok, with a population of around 300 people. It is connected to other villages on the island by the D109 highway. Veli Rat's population increases during the summer because of the tourists. To the northwest of the village is the Veli Rat lighthouse.[3]
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Kozličić, Mithad (2013). "Veli Rat i njegovo značenje u dužobalnim i prekomorskim plovidbama Jadranom u peljarima 17.-20. stoljeća" [Veli Rat and its Significance in Coastal and Open Sea Adriatic Voyages for Pilots of the 17th-20th Centuries]. Veli Rat (in Croatian). Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru. pp.251–279. ISBN978-953-331-047-3.
