Punat is a municipality in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County in western Croatia on the island of Krk.

With Stara Baška being the only other settlement in the municipality, the village of Punat itself has a population of 1,784.

[2] The town first appears in writings from 1377 AD, but the exact date of its foundation is not known.

It is situated on a bay known for the island of Košljun and the Church of St Dunat.

On 25 February 1993, the ferry Kajčak was hit by SAK artillery at Maslenica and towed to Punat.