The Pakleni islands are located off the southwest coast of the island of Hvar, Croatia, opposite the entrance to the Hvar (city) harbour. The name is popularly translated as "Hells' islands" (pakleni: "hellish"), but it originally derives from "paklina", an archaic word, from which "pakleni" too is derived, meaning "tar", and in this case refers to the pine resin once used to coat ships that was harvested on these islands.