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Islands Of The Solomon Islands
This is a list of islands of Solomon Islands, by province and archipelago. Islands *Choiseul Province ** Choiseul Island ** Taro Island ** Vaghena Island (Vaglena, Wagina) * Western Province **Shortland Islands *** Magusaiai *** Alu Island (Shortland) *** Pirumeri *** Fauro Island *** Masamasa *** Ovau ** Treasury Islands ***Mono Island *** Stirling Island **New Georgia Group ***Vella Lavella *** Mbava *** Ranongga (Ghanongga) *** Simbo *** Ghizo Island *** Kolombangara (Kilimbangara) *** Vonavona *** Kohinggo ***New Georgia *** Tetepare *** Akara *** Rendova *** Vangunu *** Penjuku *** Nggatokae *** Mborokua * Isabel Province ** Santa Isabel ** San Jorge * Central Province **Russell Islands ** Nggela Islands (Florida Islands) *** Nggela Sule (Florida Island) ***Tulagi (Tulaghi) *** Gavutu *** Tanambogo ** Savo Island *Guadalcanal Province **Guadalcanal *Malaita Province **Malaita ** Maramasike (South Malaita, Small Malaita) ** Mbasakana ** Stewart Islands *** Mutuavi ***Faor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands 1989
Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under an amalgamated History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israel and Judah. The hypothesized dates of Solomon's reign are from 970 to 931 BCE. According to the biblical narrative, after Solomon's death, his son and successor Rehoboam adopted harsh policies towards the northern Israelites, who then rejected the reign of the Davidic line, House of David and sought Jeroboam as their king. In the aftermath of Jeroboam's Revolt, the Israelites were split between the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Kingdom of Israel in the north (Samaria) and the Kingdom of Judah in the south (Judea); the Bible depicts Rehoboam and the rest of Solomon's Patrilineality#In the Bible, patrilineal descendants ruling over independent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mono Island
Mono Island is the largest island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands, at . Geography Mono island is a volcanic island in the northwest of Solomon Islands. It is separated by the Blanche Harbour from Stirling Island and the other coral islands surrounding it. The village of Falamai is the main population centre of the island. The island is rimmed by limestone cliffs of more than twenty metres in height. The island's population is around 1,800. The earthquake of April 1, 2007, and the tsunami A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ... following the earthquake caused considerable damage in Mono. Five houses and all school buildings collapsed and four people were reported missing. History European discovery The island is thought to have been sighted by Bougainv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akara Island
Akara is an island of the New Georgia archipelago in the Western Province, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n .... Geography The island is located in the Blanche Channel, a waterway in the southeastern part of the archipelago that separates the islands of New Georgia and Vangunu in the northeast from the islands of Rendova and Tetepare in the southwest. Akara is separated from the southern foothills of New Georgia by a narrow waterway. The island is uninhabited. References External links http://www.tetepare.org/ {{authority control Islands of the Solomon Islands Western Province (Solomon Islands) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetepare
Tetepare Island is an island in Western Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. Tetepare supports pristine lowland rainforest and a rich inshore marine area. Tetepare Island is identified as an area with high biodiversity and conservation values. The meaning of the name is uncertain; it most probably means "wild pig" or "fighting boar" because the island was (and to some degree still is) famous for these animals among inhabitants of the region.Molia (2000), Read & Moseby (2006) The local residents were apparently once a distinct ethnic group; a Tetepare language and unique traditions are attested, but information is fragmentary. Like their neighbors on Rendova Island and New Georgia, they appear to have been swidden agriculturalist, and to have occasionally practiced headhunting. But the island was abandoned in the mid-19th century, with the locals dispersing to New Georgia, Roviana Lagoon, Vona Vona Lagoon, Nggatokae and Ranongga.Molia (2000) At the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Georgia
New Georgia, with an area of , is the largest of the islands in Western Province (Solomon Islands), Western Province, Solomon Islands, and the List of islands by area, 203rd-largest island in the world. Since July 1978, the island has been part of the independent state of Solomon Islands. Geography New Georgia island is located in the New Georgia Group, an archipelago including most of the other larger islands in the province. The island measures approximately long by wide. New Georgia forms part of the southern boundary of the New Georgia Sound. Kolombangara lies across the Kula Gulf to the west, Choiseul Island, Choiseul to the northeast, Vangunu is to the southeast, and Rendova to the southwest, across the Blanche Channel. New Georgia is a volcanic island, surrounded in some places by a coral reef. The highest point is Mount Masse, with an elevation of . The climate is wet and tropical, and the island is subject to frequent cyclones. New Georgia is covered with dense ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohinggo
Arundel Island is an island of the New Georgia Islands archipelago in the Western Province of Solomon Islands. Its indigenous names are Kohinggo and Ndokulu. Geography Arundel Island is located between Kolombangara and New Georgia islands, in the Western Province, at . It is separated from Kolombangara by Blackett Strait. To the west lies Vonavona Island, and to northwest lies Ferguson Passage. ''Round Hill'', with a height of 250 feet or 76 meters, is located in the southern part of the island. Wartime history On August 27, 1943, the island was attacked by American forces. The Japanese lost 345 killed and 500 wounded during the fighting for the island. Eventually, General Sasaki withdrew from Arundel and Gizo on September 20–21, 1943. Kolombangara had already been liberated by the American invasion of Vella Lavella Vella Lavella is an island in the Western Province (Solomon Islands), Western Province of Solomon Islands. It lies to the west of New Georgia, but is con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vonavona
Vonavona is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t .... Alternative local names and spellings of the island are Parara and Wanawana. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some . Vonavona borders Ferguson Passage to the west, Arundel Island to the east, and the island of Kolombangara to the north. References Islands of the Solomon Islands Western Province (Solomon Islands) {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolombangara
Kolombangara (sometimes spelled ''Kulambangara'') is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The name is from a local language, a rough translation of its meaning is "Water Lord" with approximately 80 rivers and streams running down its flanks. Geography Almost perfectly round in shape and about across, the island is a stratovolcano that reaches an elevation of at Mount Veve. The island forms part of the southern boundary of the New Georgia Sound; to the northwest the Vella Gulf separates it from Vella Lavella and Gizo, while to the southeast New Georgia lies across the Kula Gulf. West-southwest of Kolombangara is Ghizo Island, upon which the Western provincial capital Gizo is located. The island is heavily forested, with few inhabitants. There are two notable settlements, Ringgi and Mongga, the former being the larger. The most significant industry on the island is logging, principally b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghizo Island
Ghizo Island lies in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, west of New Georgia and Kolombangara, and is home to the provincial capital, Gizo. The island is named after an infamous local head-hunter. Ghizo is relatively small when compared to the surrounding islands, the island is long and wide, with a summit elevation of (Maringe Hill). The local language is Bilua language. History Ghizo is home to a substantial number of people of I-Kiribati descent. These people were relocated there by the British administration of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (now the nation state of Solomon Islands) in the 1950s. They had previously spent 20 years on the islands of Orona (Hull Island) and Nikumaroro (Gardener Island), having been resettled on these previously uninhabited islands in the Phoenix Group from various islands in the Gilberts archipelago in the 1930s. The original resettlement in the 1930s was on alleged grounds of overcrowding, particularly on drought prone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simbo
Simbo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island. The islanders have their unique language spoken nowhere else. Geography Simbo is actually two main islands, one small island called Nusa Simbo separated by a saltwater lagoon from a larger one. Collectively the islands are known to the local people as Mandegugusu, while in the rest of the Solomons the islands are referred to as Simbo. Simbo has an active volcano called Ove as well several saltwater lagoons and a freshwater lake. 2007 Earthquake and Tsunami On April 2, 2007, Simbo was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami which is now known as the 2007 Solomon Islands earthquake. A 12 m tsunami destroyed two villages, Tapurai and Riquru, on the northern side of the island. Even though the tsunami hit the villages just minutes after the earthquake nearly everyone in the villages ran for safety before the waves hit. Their astonishing response was probably due to a combin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranongga
Ranongga is an island located in the New Georgia Islands group of Western Province, Solomon Islands. History Ranongga was sighted in 1787 by sailors Read and Dale. On August 18, 1959, a seismic sea wave was generated off the west coast of Ranongga Island, at 08 hr 05 min. Soon after, large waves were observed in Vori, on the northern coast of the island. The sea receded by 15m and then returned to its original position. In May 2007 there was another large earthquake, and tsunami, and the whole Island lifted out of the sea by 3 metres, and stayed there, exposing all of the reefs around the Island, making life very hard for the locals for some time after. Geography Ranongga is a long, narrow island, located north-east of Simbo Island and south-west of Gizo, the capital of Western Province. The highest point is Mt. Kela (869m) 2007 earthquake In April 2007, an earthquake rocked Ranongga Island, along with many parts of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbava
Mbava (also called Baga) is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It is located in the New Georgia Islands Group, lying just west of Vella Lavella. The island has a Tropical rainforest Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zo ... climate Islands of the Solomon Islands Western Province (Solomon Islands) {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
