Guadalcanal

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Guadalcanal is a major island in the Solomon Islands best known as the site of a pivotal World War II campaign between Allied and Japanese forces in the Pacific.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
area approximately 5300 square kilometers
climate tropical rainforest climate
colonialName British Solomon Islands
contestedBy Allied forces
Imperial Japanese forces
country Solomon Islands
discoveredByEuropeans Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
discoveryYearByEuropeans 1568
economicActivity copra production
fishing
subsistence agriculture
timber
elevation Mount Popomanaseu 2335 meters
endOfMajorCampaign 1943-02-09
ethnicGroups Melanesian peoples
linked to: Melanesia
governingCountry Solomon Islands
hasAirfield Henderson Field
hasCapitalCity Honiara
hasPort Honiara port
linked to: Honiara
highestPoint Mount Popomanaseu
historicalEvent Battle of Guadalcanal
knownFor Guadalcanal Campaign
World War II battles
languageRegion English
Solomon Islands Pijin
local Austronesian languages
largestCity Honiara
length approximately 150 kilometers
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean
linked to: Pacific Ocean
namedBy Spanish explorers
nameOrigin named after Guadalcanal in Andalusia, Spain
nearbyIslandGroup Florida Islands
Russell Islands
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Guadalcanal Province
Solomon Islands archipelago
linked to: Solomon Islands
region Southwest Pacific
sea Solomon Sea
startOfMajorCampaign 1942-08-07
strategicImportance airfield operations in the southern Solomon Islands
control of sea lanes between United States and Australia
theaterOf Pacific War
timeZone UTC+11
wasColonyOf United Kingdom
width up to 48 kilometers

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Operation Watchtower location Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal location Guadalcanal
Battle of Guadalcanal namedAfter Guadalcanal
Florida Islands nearestLargeIsland Guadalcanal
Florida Islands separatedFrom Guadalcanal by Ironbottom Sound
linked to: Guadalcanal
Tulagi partOf Guadalcanal campaign
linked to: Guadalcanal
Tulagi nearbyIsland Guadalcanal
Nggela Sule locatedNear Guadalcanal
Nggela Sule locatedEastOf Guadalcanal
Henderson Field locatedIn Guadalcanal
Frank Jack Fletcher participatedIn Guadalcanal campaign
linked to: Guadalcanal
Honiara locatedOnIsland Guadalcanal
Honiara hasNearbyHistoricalSite Guadalcanal battlefields
linked to: Guadalcanal
Ironbottom Sound separates Guadalcanal
Ironbottom Sound adjacentTo Guadalcanal
Nggela Islands separatedFrom Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands hasIsland Guadalcanal
Gela Island separatedFrom Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Province contains Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal Province hasIsland Guadalcanal
Russell Islands nearbyIsland Guadalcanal
Battle of the Tenaru location Guadalcanal
Cactus Air Force locatedIn Guadalcanal
Cactus locatedOn Guadalcanal
Mount Popomanaseu locatedOnIsland Guadalcanal
Mount Popomanaseu isHighestPointOf Guadalcanal
Savo Island near Guadalcanal
Port of Honiara locatedOnIsland Guadalcanal
Saint Barnabas Anglican Cathedral locatedOn Guadalcanal Island
linked to: Guadalcanal
Holy Cross Cathedral locatedIn Guadalcanal
Honiara International Airport locatedIn island of Guadalcanal
linked to: Guadalcanal
Kukum Highway locatedIn Guadalcanal Island
linked to: Guadalcanal
US War Memorial Honiara locatedOn Guadalcanal
US War Memorial Honiara hasViewOf Guadalcanal battlefields
linked to: Guadalcanal
Bloody Ridge locatedIn Guadalcanal
National Art Gallery of Solomon Islands locatedOn Guadalcanal Island
linked to: Guadalcanal
Red Beach locatedIn Guadalcanal
Savo Sound locatedOffCoastOf Guadalcanal