New Georgia Islands

E71503

archipelago island group

The New Georgia Islands are a group of volcanic and coral islands in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, notable for their dense rainforests and strategic role in World War II’s Pacific campaign.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
New Georgia Islands canonical	23
New Georgia Island	10
New Georgia Island arc	1
New Georgia Islands area	1
New Georgia Islands group	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ island group ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Western Province of Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: Western Province, Solomon Islands
country	Solomon Islands ⓘ
hasBiodiversity	dense lowland rainforest ⓘ rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasConservationArea	Tetepare Island conservation area ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	eco-tourism ⓘ fishing ⓘ small-scale logging ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasEcosystem	tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasGeologicalType	coral islands ⓘ volcanic islands ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	Battle of Munda Point ⓘ Naval battles in New Georgia Sound ⓘ New Georgia Campaign ⓘ surface form: New Georgia campaign
hasIndigenousPeople	Melanesians ⓘ surface form: Melanesian peoples
hasLanguageGroup	Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasMajorIsland	Gatokae ⓘ Kolombangara ⓘ Munda ⓘ New Georgia ⓘ Rendova ⓘ Tetepare ⓘ Vangunu ⓘ
hasSea	New Georgia Sound ⓘ Solomon Sea ⓘ
hasStrait	Blackett Strait ⓘ Kula Gulf ⓘ Kula Strait ⓘ Vella Gulf ⓘ
hasTimeZone	UTC+11 ⓘ
locatedIn	Melanesia ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Western Province ⓘ
partOf	Solomon Islands ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago
strategicImportance	airfield locations for Pacific operations ⓘ control of sea routes in Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn	Pacific War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
wasRecapturedBy	Allied forces ⓘ New Zealand forces ⓘ United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States military

Referenced by (36)

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

British Solomon Islands Protectorate → includes → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Solomon Islands → hasIsland → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Northwest Solomonic languages → hasRegion → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Solomon Islands Time → observedOnIslandGroup → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Northern Solomons campaign → location → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia languages → spokenIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia languages → geographicCore → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Western Province of Solomon Islands → hasIsland → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Province (Solomon Islands)

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Western Province of Solomon Islands → hasIslandGroup → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Province (Solomon Islands)

Hoava → geographicDistribution → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Hoava language → spokenOn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Pavuvu → locatedNear → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Solomon Islands campaign → location → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia Campaign → location → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Western Province → hasPart → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Western Province → hasIslandGroup → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Munda → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Munda → locatedInArchipelago → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia Sound → separates → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

New Georgia Sound → near → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

New Georgia Sound → namedAfter → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Vella Gulf → near → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

New Georgia → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia → archipelago → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

New Georgia → largestIslandOf → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Kolombangara → partOf → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Kolombangara → volcanicArcOrBelt → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island arc

Rendova → partOf → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Tetepare → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Blackett Strait → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Blackett Strait → separates → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Kula Gulf → locatedNear → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Island

Kula Gulf → partOf → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Islands area

Kula Strait → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Gatokae → locatedIn → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

Gatokae → partOf → New Georgia Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Georgia Islands group