Santa Isabel Island
E64894
Santa Isabel Island is one of the larger and more remote islands in the Solomon Islands archipelago in the South Pacific, known for its rugged terrain, dense rainforest, and traditional Melanesian communities.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical feature
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island → |
| administrativeDivision | Isabel Province → |
| area | about 2999 square kilometres → |
| biodiversity |
rich marine biodiversity
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rich terrestrial biodiversity → |
| capitalOfProvince | Buala → |
| climate |
high rainfall
→
tropical rainforest climate → |
| continent | Oceania → |
| country | Solomon Islands → |
| discoveredByEuropeans | Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira → |
| discoveryYear | 1568 → |
| economy |
cocoa production
→
copra production → fishing → small-scale logging → subsistence agriculture → |
| ethnicGroup |
Melanesians
→
Polynesian outliers → |
| hasCoastline | fringing coral reefs → |
| hasFeature |
coastal lagoons
→
mangrove forests → mountain ranges → river valleys → |
| hasSettlement |
Buala
→
Kia → Tirokiaba → |
| highestPoint | Mount Sasari → |
| historicalEvent |
Solomon Islands campaign
→
surface form:
World War II operations in Solomon Islands
|
| knownFor |
dense rainforest
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remoteness → rugged terrain → traditional Melanesian communities → |
| landCover | dense rainforest → |
| languageFamily | Austronesian languages → |
| languageSpoken |
Blablanga
→
Bughotu → Cheke Holo → Kokota → Zabana → |
| length | about 200 kilometres → |
| locatedIn |
Melanesia
→
Solomon Islands → South Pacific Ocean → |
| namedAfter | Saint Isabel of Portugal → |
| partOf |
Isabel Province
→
Solomon Islands →
surface form:
Solomon Islands archipelago
|
| religion |
Anglicanism
→
Christianity → Roman Catholicism → |
| terrain |
mountainous interior
→
rugged → |
| timeZone | UTC+11 → |
| traditionalBelief |
ancestral worship
→
customary land tenure → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.