The county of Zadar includes the islands of Dugi otok, Ugljan, Pašman, Molat, Lavdara, Zverinac, Kornat, Vir and most of Pag, as well as a number of other, smaller islands.
The county's area is 7,854 km2, 3,646 km2 is land, which accounts for 6.4% of the territory of Croatia.