Tehaolei is an inhabited island of the
Sikaiana
Sikaiana (formerly called the Stewart Islands) is a small atoll NE of Malaita in Solomon Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. It is almost in length and its lagoon, known as Te Moana, is totally enclosed by the coral reef. Its total land surfa ...
atoll in the
Malaita Province
Malaita Province is the most populous of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. The population of the province is 122,620 (1999). The area of the province is .
It is named after its largest island, Malaita (also known as "Big Malaita" or " ...
,
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 ...
in the
South Pacific.
Geography
Tehaolei is one of four islands of
Sikaiana
Sikaiana (formerly called the Stewart Islands) is a small atoll NE of Malaita in Solomon Islands in the south Pacific Ocean. It is almost in length and its lagoon, known as Te Moana, is totally enclosed by the coral reef. Its total land surfa ...
, a remote tropical
coral atoll. Tehaolei lies in the north-western end of the atoll.
The other islands of the atoll are Sikaiana, (east),
Matuiloto (west), and
Matuavi
Matuavi (also Mutuavi) is an island of the Sikaiana atoll in the Malaita Province, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific.
Geography
Matuavi is one of four islands of Sikaiana
Sikaiana (formerly called the Stewart Islands) is a small atoll ...
(south).
References
Islands of the Solomon Islands
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