The Petrovo Polje (, "Peter's Field") is a polje (karstic field) in the northern part of Dalmatian Hinterland in Croatia. The ÃÂikola river is the main watercourse in the polje.
Petrovo Polje is the shape of an isosceles triangle long and wide, and is surrounded by mountains Svilaja, Promina and MoseÃÂ. It slopes from the north-east at 320 m.a.s.l. to its south-western end at 265 m.a.s.l. Its area is .
The climate of Petrovo Polje has the elements of both the cooler and harsher continental climate of the north and the warmer climate predominant in the south. In the winter, jugo and bora winds are common. The average number of frost days per year is 30, between October and April. Summers are dry.
The settlements are situated on the edge of the field: Drnià ¡, KriÃÂke, Ruà ¾iÃÂ, UmljanoviÃÂ, Kljake, ÃÂavoglave, Gradac, Otavice, Kanjane, ParÃÂiÃÂ, MioÃÂiÃÂ, BioÃÂiÃÂ, Tepljuh, SiveriÃÂ, Badanj. Kadina Glavica is located on the hill with the same name, while Baljci and MirloviàPolje are located above the field, on the slopes of Svilaja.
In the antiquity, Petrovo Polje was known under the name of Campus Illyricum. Its present-day name, first mentioned in the 11th century, is believed to refer to Petar SnaÃÂiÃÂ (or SvaÃÂiÃÂ), the last Croatian king, and his Petrovac castle which he built in the Petrovo Polje's northern edge.
In Otavice, a small village on the edge of Petrovo Polje, there is a Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, which is also the Meà ¡troviàfamily mausoleum, built by the famous Croatian sculptor Ivan Meà ¡troviàbetween 1926 and 1930.