Ilu River

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The Ilu River is a waterway on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that was a key geographic feature during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ilu River canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ilu-Tenaru River ⓘ
Tenaru River ⓘ
associatedWith Imperial Japanese Army operations on Guadalcanal ⓘ
United States Marine Corps operations on Guadalcanal ⓘ
battleOccurredAt Battle of the Tenaru in August 1942 ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
emptiesInto Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
flowsThrough northern Guadalcanal ⓘ
geographicFeatureOf Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance yes ⓘ
hasType natural watercourse ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
Melanesia ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean region ⓘ
linked to: South Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Guadalcanal ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
near Henderson Field ⓘ
Lunga Point ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
notableFor role in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II ⓘ
partOf drainage system of Guadalcanal ⓘ
region southwestern Pacific ⓘ
strategicImportanceDuring Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
theaterOfWar Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedAs defensive line by United States forces in 1942 ⓘ
wasFrontLineDuring Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Tenaru → river → Ilu River ⓘ
Lunga Ridge → near → Ilu River ⓘ
Tenaru River → alsoKnownAs → Ilu River ⓘ
Battle of Ilu River → river → Ilu River ⓘ
Ilu-Tenaru River → alsoKnownAs → Ilu River ⓘ