Russell Islands

E32059
archipelago island group

The Russell Islands are a small group of islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific Ocean, known for their World War II history and surrounding coral reefs.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Russell Islands canonical 19
Russell Islands group 2
Central Solomon Islands islands 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
administrativeCentre Yandina ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
currentUse fishing ⓘ
small-scale logging ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
economy rural subsistence economy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Melanesian people ⓘ
hasAirfield Yandina Airport ⓘ
hasFeature coral reefs ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasIsland Louni Island ⓘ
Mbanika ⓘ
Pavuvu ⓘ
Yandina Island ⓘ
hasSettlement Yandina ⓘ
knownFor World War II history ⓘ
diving sites ⓘ
surrounding coral reefs ⓘ
languageSpoken Solomon Islands Pijin ⓘ
local Austronesian languages ⓘ
largestIsland Pavuvu ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
majorIsland Mbanika ⓘ
marineEnvironment coral reef ecosystem ⓘ
nearbyIsland Guadalcanal ⓘ
nearbyIslandGroup Florida Islands ⓘ
operation Operation Cleanslate ⓘ
operationDate 1943 ⓘ
partOf Melanesia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
siteOf Allied military bases ⓘ
airfields ⓘ
naval bases ⓘ
sovereignState Solomon Islands ⓘ
strategicRole staging area for Guadalcanal and New Georgia campaigns ⓘ
timeZone UTC+11 ⓘ
usedByMilitaryForce Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedDuring World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Guadalcanal → nearbyIslandGroup → Russell Islands ⓘ
Central Province → contains → Russell Islands ⓘ
Central Province → hasIslandGroup → Russell Islands ⓘ
Central Province, Solomon Islands → contains → Russell Islands ⓘ
Central Province, Solomon Islands → hasIslandGroup → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina → locatedIn → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina → partOf → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina → region → Russell Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russell Islands region
Savo Island → near → Russell Islands ⓘ
Savo Sound → nearbyLandmass → Russell Islands ⓘ
Pavuvu → partOf → Russell Islands ⓘ
Pavuvu → archipelago → Russell Islands ⓘ
Mbanika → locatedIn → Russell Islands ⓘ
Mbanika → partOf → Russell Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russell Islands group
Yandina Airport → serves → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina Airport → locatedIn → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina Airport → servesRegion → Russell Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russell Islands, Solomon Islands
Yandina Airport → locatedInIslandGroup → Russell Islands ⓘ
Operation Cleanslate → location → Russell Islands ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign → location → Russell Islands ⓘ
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Honiara → territoryIncludes → Russell Islands ⓘ
New Georgia Sound → separates → Russell Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Solomon Islands islands
Yandina Island → locatedIn → Russell Islands ⓘ
Yandina Island → partOf → Russell Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russell Islands group