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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Florida Islands canonical	27
Florida Islands group	4
Nggela (Florida) Islands group	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ island group ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Central Province ⓘ
bodyOfWater	Ironbottom Sound ⓘ Ironbottom Sound ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Ocean
nearbyCity	Honiara ⓘ
nearestLargeIsland	Guadalcanal ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Melanesia ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ
region	Melanesia ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific
separatedFrom	Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal by Ironbottom Sound
strategicImportance	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II naval operations
subregion	Southeastern Solomon Islands ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+11 ⓘ
usedBy	Allied forces during World War II ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ surface form: Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II

Referenced by (32)

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

Operation Watchtower → location → Florida Islands ⓘ

Tulagi → locatedInBodyOfWater → Florida Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nggela (Florida) Islands group

Guadalcanal → nearbyIslandGroup → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Sule → locatedIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Sule → partOf → Florida Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Islands group

Nggela Sule → archipelago → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Sule → isPrincipalIslandOf → Florida Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Islands group

Nggela Sule → hasIslandGroup → Florida Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Islands group

Central Province → contains → Florida Islands ⓘ

Central Province → hasIslandGroup → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Pile → locatedIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Pile → partOf → Florida Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida Islands group

Nggela Pile → archipelago → Florida Islands ⓘ

Ironbottom Sound → separates → Florida Islands ⓘ

Ironbottom Sound → adjacentTo → Florida Islands ⓘ

Central Province, Solomon Islands → contains → Florida Islands ⓘ

Central Province, Solomon Islands → hasIslandGroup → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela Islands → alsoKnownAs → Florida Islands ⓘ

Small Nggela → locatedIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Gela language → spokenIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Gela Sule → partOf → Florida Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Nggela Sule

Gela Island → locatedIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Guadalcanal Province → hasIsland → Florida Islands ⓘ

Russell Islands → nearbyIslandGroup → Florida Islands ⓘ

Savo Island → near → Florida Islands ⓘ

Savo Sound → nearbyLandmass → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela (Florida) Islands → alsoKnownAs → Florida Islands ⓘ

Nggela people → primarySettlementArea → Florida Islands ⓘ

Gela → spokenIn → Florida Islands ⓘ

Japanese occupation of Tulagi → geographicContext → Florida Islands ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara → territoryIncludes → Florida Islands ⓘ