Guadalcanal

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geographical feature island

Guadalcanal is a major island in the Solomon Islands best known as the site of a pivotal World War II campaign between Allied and Japanese forces in the Pacific.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Guadalcanal canonical 90
Guadalcanal Island 13
Guadalcanal battlefields 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
area approximately 5300 square kilometers ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
colonialName British Solomon Islands Protectorate ⓘ
surface form: British Solomon Islands
contestedBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese forces
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira ⓘ
discoveryYearByEuropeans 1568 ⓘ
economicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
timber ⓘ
elevation Mount Popomanaseu 2335 meters ⓘ
endOfMajorCampaign 1943-02-09 ⓘ
ethnicGroups Melanesia ⓘ
surface form: Melanesian peoples
governingCountry Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasAirfield Henderson Field ⓘ
hasCapitalCity Honiara ⓘ
hasPort Honiara ⓘ
surface form: Honiara port
highestPoint Mount Popomanaseu ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

World War II battles ⓘ
languageRegion English ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
local Austronesian languages ⓘ
largestCity Honiara ⓘ
length approximately 150 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn Melanesia ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific Ocean
namedBy Spanish explorers ⓘ
nameOrigin named after Guadalcanal in Andalusia, Spain ⓘ
nearbyIslandGroup Florida Islands ⓘ
Russell Islands ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago
region South West Pacific Area ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Pacific
sea Solomon Sea ⓘ
startOfMajorCampaign 1942-08-07 ⓘ
strategicImportance airfield operations in the southern Solomon Islands ⓘ
control of sea lanes between United States and Australia ⓘ
theaterOf Pacific War ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
wasColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
width up to 48 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

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

Operation Watchtower → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of Guadalcanal → namedAfter → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Florida Islands → nearestLargeIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Florida Islands → separatedFrom → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal by Ironbottom Sound
1st Marine Division (United States) → insigniaText → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Tulagi → partOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
Tulagi → nearbyIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Nggela Sule → locatedNear → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Nggela Sule → locatedEastOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Henderson Field → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Frank Jack Fletcher → participatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
Honiara → locatedOnIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Honiara → hasNearbyHistoricalSite → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal battlefields
Ironbottom Sound → separates → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Ironbottom Sound → adjacentTo → Guadalcanal ⓘ
British Solomon Islands Protectorate → includes → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands Pijin → mainAreasOfUse → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of the Eastern Solomons → involves → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Nggela Islands → separatedFrom → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands → hasIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Gela Island → separatedFrom → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Guadalcanal Province → contains → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Guadalcanal Province → hasIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Russell Islands → nearbyIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Cactus Air Force → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Cactus Air Force → codeNameOfLocation → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Cactus → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
U.S. Army Americal Division → areaOfOperations → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Mount Popomanaseu → locatedOnIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Mount Popomanaseu → isHighestPointOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Savo Island → near → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Port of Honiara → locatedOnIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Saint Barnabas Anglican Cathedral → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Saint Barnabas Anglican Cathedral → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Holy Cross Cathedral → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
National Parliament of Solomon Islands → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands Time → observedOnMainIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Honiara International Airport → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Honiara International Airport → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: island of Guadalcanal
Honiara International Airport → regionServed → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Kukum Highway → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
US War Memorial Honiara → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
US War Memorial Honiara → hasViewOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal battlefields
Bloody Ridge → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
National Art Gallery of Solomon Islands → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
National Art Gallery of Solomon Islands → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Red Beach → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Savo Sound → locatedOffCoastOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ