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.

Lungga River → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Pijin → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Neo-Solomonic → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle for Henderson Field → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Battle of Edson's Ridge → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra → sunkNear → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: HMAS Canberra
Mataniko River → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Tokyo Express supply run → notableDestination → Guadalcanal ⓘ
1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition → explored → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Commonwealth Street → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Honiara
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Ghari → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Talise → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal (island)
Talise → spokenOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal (island)
Operation Ke (Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal) → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Ke
Ghari language → region → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Ghari language → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Nggela (Florida) Islands → hasNearbyIsland → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Tassafaronga → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Tassafaronga → shoreOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Tassafaronga → partOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Lengo language → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Lengo language → region → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Talise language → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Longgu language → spokenIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Longgu language → hasAlternativeName → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Longgu (Guadalcanal)
Santa Cruz Islands → locatedSoutheastOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Ichiki Detachment → locationOfAction → Guadalcanal ⓘ
CAF → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Cactus Air Force
Pavuvu → locatedNorthWestOf → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Marau language → region → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Guadalcanal central range → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Guadalcanal central range → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Battle of Alligator Creek → location → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Savosavo language → locatedNear → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Sealark Channel → separates → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Sealark Channel → locatedNear → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Sealark Channel → separatesFrom → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Aritomo Gotō → notableTheater → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal area
The Thin Red Line → narrativeLocation → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Ilu River → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara → territoryIncludes → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Point Cruz → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Parliament House, Honiara → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
National Parliament Chamber → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
HIR → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Honiara International Airport
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
HIR → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
subject surface form: Honiara International Airport
Henderson Field (World War II airfield) → locatedIn → Guadalcanal ⓘ
Henderson → locatedOn → Guadalcanal ⓘ