Torokina

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Torokina is a small coastal settlement on Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, known historically as a World War II Allied beachhead and airfield site.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Torokina canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal settlement ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
airfieldConstructedBy United States Navy Seabees ⓘ
linked to: Seabees
airfieldOperationalDuring World War II ⓘ
airfieldUsedBy Allied aircraft ⓘ
beachheadEstablishedBy United States Marines ⓘ
beachheadEstablishedDuring Bougainville campaign ⓘ
beachheadEstablishedInYear 1943 ⓘ
conflict Bougainville campaign ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasFacility Torokina Airfield ⓘ
hasTimezone UTC+10 ⓘ
historicalSignificance World War II Allied beachhead ⓘ
World War II airfield site ⓘ
languageRegion English ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
local Bougainville languages ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
Bougainville Province ⓘ
Solomon Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Sea
locatedInArchipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
locatedInRegion Melanesia ⓘ
locatedOn Bougainville Island ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Empress Augusta Bay ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Solomon Sea ⓘ
partOf Torokina District ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces in World War II ⓘ
Australian military in World War II ⓘ
United States military in World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Bagana → nearbySettlement → Torokina ⓘ
Battle for Torokina → location → Torokina ⓘ