Lunga River

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river

Lunga River is a river in the Solomon Islands on Guadalcanal, known for its strategic significance during World War II, particularly in the Guadalcanal campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Lunga River canonical 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
emptiesInto Pacific Ocean ⓘ
flowsInto Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign

World War II ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after nearby Lunga Point ⓘ
hasPart Lunga Point ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal Island

Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
locatedNear Henderson Field ⓘ
Honiara International Airport ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Guadalcanal ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Ironbottom Sound ⓘ
nearCity Honiara ⓘ
nearGeographicalFeature Alligator Creek ⓘ
Ilu River ⓘ
Lunga Point ⓘ
partOf watershed of Guadalcanal ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
strategicRole provided natural defensive line ⓘ
served as reference point for military operations ⓘ
usedAsBoundaryDuring Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
wasNearBattle Battle of Ilu River ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Ilu River

Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
wasStrategicLocationIn Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
wasUsedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ

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Lungga River → hasAlternativeSpelling → Lunga River ⓘ