SCEDRO is an island in the central part of the Korula Channel; separated from the southern coast of the island of Hvar by the Scedranski Channel. The island is covered with forest of pine and macchia; parts of the land are vineyards.

The coast is well-indented, there are many inlets with nice beaches; the coves Lovisce and Mostir on the northern part of the island represent anchoring grounds for smaller vessels, and the coves Carnjeni, Borova and other larger coves on the southern coast offer safe shelters from the bora. The Lukavci cliffs are west off Scedro.

There are several prehistoric tumuli. In the Rake caves fragments of the mosaic from a Roman villa rustica were found. The Mostir cove contains the ruins of a Dominican monastery built in the 16th century, abandoned at the end of the 18th century as well as of an early Christian church reconstructed in the Middle Ages. - It seems that Scedro is identical to the ancient island of Tauris near which the famous battle between the Caesar's and Pompey's fleets took place (47 BC).