Florida Islands

E1160

geographical feature island group

The Florida Islands are a small group of islands in the Solomon Islands archipelago in the South Pacific, notable for their strategic role during World War II’s Guadalcanal campaign.

Aliases (2)

Florida Islands group ×4
Nggela (Florida) Islands group ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature → island group →
administrativeDivision	Central Province →
bodyOfWater	Ironbottom Sound → Sealark Channel →
capitalOfProvincePreviouslyLocatedOn	Tulagi →
climate	tropical rainforest climate →
country	Solomon Islands →
distanceToHoniaraApprox	about 30–40 kilometers →
ecoregion	Solomon Islands rain forests →
formerColonialUse	British colonial administrative center at Tulagi →
hasAlternativeName	Nggela Islands → Nggela Sule and Nggela Pile →
hasEconomicActivity	fishing → small-scale copra production → subsistence agriculture →
hasFeature	coral reefs → narrow channels between islands → steep coastal terrain →
hasLanguageGroup	Austronesian languages →
hasMajorIsland	Nggela Pile → Nggela Sule → Tulagi →
hasSettlement	Tulagi town →
historicalEvent	naval battles associated with Guadalcanal campaign →
knownFor	World War II history → naval wrecks in surrounding waters →
locatedIn	Central Province, Solomon Islands → Solomon Islands archipelago → South Pacific Ocean →
nearbyCity	Honiara →
nearestLargeIsland	Guadalcanal →
ocean	Pacific Ocean →
partOf	Melanesia → Solomon Islands →
region	Southwest Pacific →
separatedFrom	Guadalcanal by Ironbottom Sound →
strategicImportance	Guadalcanal campaign → World War II naval operations →
subregion	Southeastern Solomon Islands →
timeZone	UTC+11 →
usedBy	Allied forces during World War II → Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gela Island → Nggela Pile → Nggela Sule → Small Nggela →	locatedIn
Gela Sule → Nggela Pile ("Florida Islands group") → Nggela Sule ("Florida Islands group") → Nggela Sule →	partOf
Central Province → Central Province, Solomon Islands → Nggela Sule ("Florida Islands group") →	hasIslandGroup
Nggela Pile → Nggela Sule →	archipelago
Central Province → Central Province, Solomon Islands →	contains
Guadalcanal → Russell Islands →	nearbyIslandGroup
Ironbottom Sound →	adjacentTo
Nggela Islands →	alsoKnownAs
Guadalcanal Province →	hasIsland
Nggela Sule ("Florida Islands group") →	isPrincipalIslandOf
Tulagi ("Nggela (Florida) Islands group") →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Operation Watchtower →	location
Savo Island →	near
Savo Sound →	nearbyLandmass
Ironbottom Sound →	separates
Gela language →	spokenIn