Guadalcanal

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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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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

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Henderson partOf Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Edson’s Ridge locatedIn Guadalcanal
Edson’s Ridge locatedOn Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: island of Guadalcanal
NDB (Honiara) locatedIn Guadalcanal
Lunga Ridge locatedIn Guadalcanal
1st Parachute Battalion (USMC) notableActionLocation Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Bloody Ridge, Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands World War II heritage sites hasPart Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal battlefields
USS Guadalcanal namedAfter Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Third Battle of the Matanikau front Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal front
Guadalcanal March namedAfter Guadalcanal
Lunga River locatedOnIsland Guadalcanal
Lunga River locatedIn Guadalcanal
this entity surface form: Guadalcanal Island
Malaitan people diaspora Guadalcanal
HMAS Canberra (D33) sunkNear Guadalcanal
Kiyonao Ichiki deathPlace Guadalcanal
Mataniko Bridge locatedIn Guadalcanal