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Telina
Telina is an island in Marovo Lagoon, New Georgia Islands in Western Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita .... Islands of the Solomon Islands Western Province (Solomon Islands) {{SolomonIslands-geo-stub ...
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Western Province (Solomon Islands)
Western Province is the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. The area is renowned for its beautiful tropical islands, excellent diving and snorkelling, coral reefs and World War II wrecks, ecotourism lodges, and head-hunting shrines. The province contains many small lagoons and most of the country's tourist trade outside Honiara. History The Methodist Mission in the Western Province was established by Rev. John Francis Goldie in 1902. He dominated the mission and gained the loyalty of Solomon Islander members of his church. The relationship with the colonial administrators of the British Solomon Island Protectorate were also fraught with difficulty, at this time due to Goldie's effective control over the Western Solomon Islands. From 1927 to 1934 Dr Edward Sayers worked at the Methodist mission where he established a hospital at Gizo, and also at Munda and Vella Lavella, and carried out fieldwork in the treatment of malaria.Sayers, E. G. (1943) ''Malaria in th ...
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges Delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands). There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. ...
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Marovo Lagoon
Marovo Lagoon is the largest saltwater lagoons in the world. Located in the New Georgia Islands, surrounded by Vangunu Island and Nggatokae Island, both extinct volcanic islands, at . It is part of the Solomon Islands. It encompasses and is protected by a double barrier reef system. Marovo Lagoon is identified as an area with high biodiversity and conservation values. Reef sites at the edge of the lagoon were surveyed in 2014. The sites with the highest Live Coral Cover (LCC) in the Western Province and second highest in the Solomons were on the exposed side of the fringing reef near Marovo Lagoon measuring an average of 49% LCC. The exposed side of the fringing reef of Marovo Lagoon had an average of 38% LCC. The sites with the lowest live coral cover were found near Munda with an average of 18% LCC. The word "Marovo" is derived from the name of the "Marovo Island" located in the central of the Lagoon. The Marovo Lagoon World Heritage Area is located in the Marovo Lagoon. ...
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New Georgia Islands
The New Georgia Islands are part of the Western Province of Solomon Islands. They are located to the northwest of Guadalcanal. The larger islands are mountainous and covered in rain forest. The main islands are New Georgia, Vella Lavella, Kolombangara (a dormant volcano), Ghizo, Vangunu, Rendova and Tetepare. They are surrounded by coral reefs and include the largest saltwater lagoon in the world: Marovo lagoon. Another famous location is Kennedy Island where the future United States president, John F. Kennedy, spent three days stranded during World War II. Several of the islands were scenes of fighting in the war. The main towns are Gizo, Munda and Noro. The main industries are forestry and fishing. One of the smaller New Georgia islands, 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 ...
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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capital, Honiara, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands. The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BCE, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them. Though not named by Mendaña, it is believed that the islands were called ''"the Solomons"'' by those who later r ...
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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 *** Faore ***Tehaolei ***S ...
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