Cyprian Bridge Island is a small, uninhabited,
volcanic island
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in
Choiseul Province
Choiseul Province is one of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. It lies southeast of Bougainville (part of Papua New Guinea), west of Santa Isabel Island, and north of Vella Lavella, Kolombangara & New Georgia. It has a population of 36 ...
,
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 ...
. It lies at latitude 6.85°S and longitude 156.18333°E, between the islands of
Fauro (about 11 km to the southwest) and
Choiseul (a much larger island about 30 km to the east-northeast).
Naming
The island is named after then
Major Cyprian Bridge (1807-1885) a British army officer, particularly famed for his activities in the
Flagstaff War
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against the
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
in
New Zealand
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in 1845. He was the uncle of
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge (1839-1924) who was the head of
British Naval Intelligence
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.
See also
*
List of islands of 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 (Sho ...
*
Uninhabited island
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References
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Uninhabited islands of the Solomon Islands
Volcanoes of the Solomon Islands