Lunga Point

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Lunga Point is a coastal headland on the north shore of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, historically significant as a major battleground and Allied base during World War II.

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Lunga Point canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal headland ⓘ
geographic feature ⓘ
associatedWith Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
United States Marine Corps operations on Guadalcanal ⓘ
United States Navy operations in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
naval battles off Guadalcanal ⓘ
category Headlands of the Solomon Islands ⓘ
World War II sites in the Solomon Islands ⓘ
conflict Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
controlledBy Allied forces after August 1942 ⓘ
Japan in early 1942 ⓘ
coordinatesApprox 9.4°S 160.0°E ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
feature adjacent flat ground suitable for airfield and base construction ⓘ
proximity to good anchorage areas ⓘ
frontDuring Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
hasHeritage World War II historical interest site ⓘ
historicalSignificance major World War II battleground ⓘ
site of major Allied base in the Guadalcanal campaign ⓘ
importance key logistics and staging area for Allied operations in the South Pacific ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn north coast of Guadalcanal ⓘ
near Henderson Field ⓘ
Honiara ⓘ
Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
Lunga River mouth ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Guadalcanal Island ⓘ
linked to: Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
presentUse part of inhabited coastal area of Guadalcanal ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
strategicReason control of sea lanes between the United States and Australia ⓘ
proximity to shipping routes through the Solomon Islands ⓘ
strategicRole base for Allied ground operations on Guadalcanal ⓘ
support area for Henderson Field ⓘ
terrain coastal headland with adjacent beaches ⓘ
timePeriod 1942 ⓘ
1943 ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
Imperial Japanese forces ⓘ
linked to: Japanese forces

United States military ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ilu River → near → Lunga Point ⓘ
Lunga Ridge → near → Lunga Point ⓘ
Lunga River → hasPart → Lunga Point ⓘ
Tenaru River → locatedNear → Lunga Point ⓘ