Ironbottom Sound

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body of water strait

Ironbottom Sound is a strait in the Solomon Islands famed as a major World War II naval battleground where numerous ships and aircraft were sunk.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water → strait →
adjacentTo	Florida Islands → Guadalcanal → Savo Island →
alsoKnownAs	Savo Sound →
contains	numerous aircraft wrecks → numerous transport ship wrecks → numerous warship wrecks →
country	Solomon Islands →
famedFor	World War II naval battles → numerous aircraft wrecks → numerous shipwrecks →
hasHeritageStatus	war grave area →
hasNameOrigin	many ships lying on its bottom →
hasRestriction	disturbance of wrecks discouraged →
hasTypeOfWreck	aircraft wrecks → battleship wrecks → cruiser wrecks → destroyer wrecks → transport ship wrecks →
locatedIn	Solomon Islands → South Pacific Ocean →
namedFor	large number of ships sunk there →
near	Honiara →
partOf	Pacific Ocean → Solomon Islands archipelago waters →
separates	Florida Islands → Guadalcanal → Savo Island →
significantEvent	Battle of Cape Esperance → Battle of Savo Island → Battle of Tassafaronga → First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal →
strategicImportance	approaches to Guadalcanal → sea lines of communication in Solomon Islands →
theaterOf	aerial combat → naval surface combat →
timeOfMajorActivity	1942 → 1943 →
usedBy	Imperial Japanese Navy → Royal Australian Navy → United States Navy →
usedDuringCampaign	Guadalcanal campaign →
usedDuringConflict	World War II →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Central Province → Central Province, Solomon Islands → Central Province, Solomon Islands ("Sealark Channel") →	borderedByWaterBody
Battle of Savo Island → Battle of Tassafaronga → Naval Battle of Guadalcanal →	location
Florida Islands → Florida Islands ("Sealark Channel") →	bodyOfWater
Lungga River → Mataniko River ("Iron Bottom Sound") →	emptiesInto
Guadalcanal Province → Nggela Sule →	hasBodyOfWater
Nggela Pile → Savo Island →	hasNearbyWaterBody
Port of Honiara ("Iron Bottom Sound") → Savo Island →	locatedInBodyOfWater
Lungga River → Mataniko River ("Iron Bottom Sound") →	mouthLocatedIn
Gela Island → Nggela Islands →	separatedBy
Tokyo Express supply run →	geographicArea
Savo Sound →	hasAlternateName
Guadalcanal Province →	hasCoastlineOn
Red Beach →	hasNearbyFeature
Nggela Sule →	locatedNear
Honiara →	locatedOnCoastOf
Honiara International Airport →	nearbyWaterBody
US War Memorial Honiara →	overlooks