Santa Cruz Islands

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The Santa Cruz Islands are a remote group of islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean that form part of the Solomon Islands archipelago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
island group
administrativeCenter Lata
administrativeDivisionOf Temotu Province
capitalOfProvinceLocatedOn Lata
climate tropical
colonialHistory part of British Solomon Islands Protectorate
country Solomon Islands
discoveredByEuropeans Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
distanceFromHoniara over 600 km east
economy fishing
small-scale copra production
subsistence agriculture
ethnicRegion Melanesian
firstEuropeanSightingYear 1595
geologicalType coral islands
volcanic islands
hasHazard earthquakes
tsunamis
hasIsland Lata Bay area islands
Nendö
Tevai
Tinakula
Utupua
Vanikoro Island
surface form: Vanikoro
hasLargestIsland Nendo Island
Nendö
hasMainTown Lata
hasNearbyTrench New Hebrides Trench
hasVolcanicIsland Tinakula
historicalRegion Southeastern Solomon Islands
surface form: Eastern Outer Islands of Solomon Islands
languageFamilyRegion Austronesian languages
languageRegion Temotu languages
locatedEastOf main Solomon Islands chain
locatedIn Melanesia
Oceania
southwestern Pacific Ocean
locatedNorthOf Vanuatu
locatedOn Nendö
locatedSoutheastOf Guadalcanal
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf Solomon Islands
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago

Temotu Province
populationCharacteristic sparsely populated
religion predominantly Christian
sovereignState Solomon Islands
timeZone UTC+11
transport Lata Airport
surface form: served by Lata Airport

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Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira placeOfDeath Santa Cruz Islands
Southeastern Solomon Islands hasPart Santa Cruz Islands
Solomon Islands Time observedOnIslandGroup Santa Cruz Islands
Santa Cruz colony locatedInArchipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Lata locatedIn Santa Cruz Islands
Temotu languages locatedInArea Santa Cruz Islands
Temotu languages geographicDistribution Santa Cruz Islands
this entity surface form: Santa Cruz Islands archipelago
Reef Islands partOf Santa Cruz Islands
Reef Islands archipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Temotu Province hasIsland Santa Cruz Islands
Temotu Province hasArchipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Nendo Island partOf Santa Cruz Islands
Nendo Island locatedInArchipelago Santa Cruz Islands
this entity surface form: Santa Cruz Islands archipelago
Anuta archipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Utupua Island partOf Santa Cruz Islands
Vanikoro Island locatedIn Santa Cruz Islands
Vanikoro Island archipelago Santa Cruz Islands
Duff Islands archipelago Santa Cruz Islands
this entity surface form: Santa Cruz Islands region
Duff Islands nearbyRegion Santa Cruz Islands
Solomon Islands campaign location Santa Cruz Islands