The Shortland Islands is an archipelago of Western Province, Solomon Islands, at 6°55′S 155°53′E / 6.92°S 155.88°E / -6.92; 155.88. The island group...
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Shortland Island (once known as Alu) is the largest island of the Shortland Islands archipelago, in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, at 7°3′S...
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Solomon Islands covers many of the mountainous volcanic islands of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which includes Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New...
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of the politically independent Solomon Islands. Two of these islands—the closely connected Shortland Islands—are less than 9 km (5.6 mi) south or southeast...
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Balalae Island (or Ballale/Ballali) is an island of the Shortland Islands Group in Western Province, Solomon Islands. Ballale means border place in the...
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The Pacific islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are further categorized into three major island groups: Melanesia, Micronesia, and...
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Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on...
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miles) from the Shortland Islands. They form part of the Western Province of the country of Solomon Islands. The two largest islands in the Treasuries...
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and Buka Islands, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, the Shortland Islands and Ontong Java Atoll. In 1885 Germany declared a protectorate over these islands forming...
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Province Shortland Islands Magusaiai Alu Island (Shortland) Pirumeri Fauro Island Masamasa Ovau Treasury Islands Mono Island Stirling Island New Georgia...
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Ovau Island is an island of the Shortland Islands archipelago in Western Province, Solomon Islands, lying south of Bougainville Island. The estimated...
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country) List of islands by area List of islands by population List of islands by highest point Majuli, River Island. "Largest river island". Guinness World...
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name Shortland may refer to a number of things: Shortland Island Shortland Islands Shortlands, a ward of the London Borough of Bromley Shortland, New...
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Second Samoan Civil War (category History of the Samoan Islands)
western section of the islands, and the British were given the northern Solomon Islands of Choiseul, Isabel and the Shortland Islands that had formerly belonged...
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Proclamation extending the Protectorate to the islands in question, i.e. Choiseul, Ysabel, Shortland and Fauro Islands (each with its dependencies), the Tasman...
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sent warships from the Shortland Islands toward Guadalcanal on the morning of 25 October to support their ground forces on the island. Aircraft from Henderson...
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He named the Treasury Islands, named a strait Shortland Strait, an island Shortland Island, and island group Shortland Islands after himself. During the...
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German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885–1914 Bougainville Island, 1885–1914 Buka Island, 1885–1914 Choiseul Island, 1885–1900 Shortland Islands, 1885–1900...
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Guadalcanal campaign (category 1942 in the Solomon Islands)
materiel to the island. On 13 October, a convoy comprising six cargo ships with eight screening destroyers departed the Shortland Islands for Guadalcanal...
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Sunda Islands, and the Philippines) Corvus meeki Rothschild, 1904 – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Bougainville Island and Shortland Islands, Solomon...
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Rekata Bay Seaplane Base, Santa Isabel Island Shortland Islands Seaplane Base Tulagi Seaplane Base, Solomon Islands Imperial Japanese Navy Land Forces Notoro...
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Balalae Airport (category Airports in the Solomon Islands)
airport on Balalae island operated by Solomon Airlines. It is located in the northwest of the Solomon Islands, part of the Shortland Island Group and south...
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Ballale Island in the Shortland Islands. These bases allowed the Japanese to conduct operations in the southern Solomon Islands and to attack the Allied...
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Bougainville crow (redirect from Soloman Islands Crow (northern))
It is found in on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea and the neighbouring Shortland Islands in the Solomon Islands. Within its range it is...
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features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter P. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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Cleveland, and Birmingham as they shelled Japanese coastal guns on the Shortland Islands two days later. Johnston thereafter resumed patrol and escort duty...
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UTC+11:00 (redirect from Solomon Islands Time)
Krai Marshall Islands Nauru Using UTC+12:00 and DST UTC+13:00: New Zealand The most part of South Island Solomon Islands Shortland Islands Choiseul, with...
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Battle of Cape Esperance (redirect from Second Battle of Savo Island)
the Shortland Islands. Captain Kikunori Kijima—Gotō's chief of staff and commander of the bombardment force during the return trip to the Shortland Islands...
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features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter S. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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George Lepping (category Governors-general of Solomon Islands)
Governor-General of the Solomon Islands from 7 July 1988 to 7 July 1994. Lepping was a native of the Shortland Islands of Western Province. Lepping was...
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