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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ironbottom Sound canonical	35
Iron Bottom Sound	4
Sealark Channel	2
Ironbottom Sound naval battle area	1

Statements (47)

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 battles ⓘ surface form: 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 Sea ⓘ surface form: Solomon Islands archipelago waters
separates	Florida Islands ⓘ Guadalcanal ⓘ Savo Island ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Cape Esperance ⓘ Battle of Savo Island ⓘ Battle of Tassafaronga ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: 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	Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal campaign
usedDuringConflict	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Florida Islands → bodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sealark Channel

Nggela Sule → locatedNear → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Nggela Sule → hasBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Central Province → borderedByWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Nggela Pile → hasNearbyWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Honiara → locatedOnCoastOf → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Battle of Savo Island → location → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Battle of Tassafaronga → location → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Central Province, Solomon Islands → borderedByWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sealark Channel

Nggela Islands → separatedBy → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal → location → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Gela Island → separatedBy → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Guadalcanal Province → hasBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Guadalcanal Province → hasCoastlineOn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Savo Island → locatedInBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Savo Island → hasNearbyWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Port of Honiara → locatedInBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Bottom Sound

Honiara International Airport → nearbyWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

US War Memorial Honiara → overlooks → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Red Beach → hasNearbyFeature → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Savo Sound → hasAlternateName → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Lungga River → mouthLocatedIn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Lungga River → emptiesInto → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Mataniko River → mouthLocatedIn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Bottom Sound

Mataniko River → emptiesInto → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Bottom Sound

Tokyo Express supply run → geographicArea → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Japanese battleship Hiei → sunkIn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Nggela (Florida) Islands → hasNearbyWaterBody → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Tassafaronga → seaArea → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Solomon Islands campaign → notableBattlefield → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Sealark Channel → partOf → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Sealark Channel → locatedInBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Ilu River → mouthLocatedIn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Ilu River → emptiesInto → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Point Cruz → locatedOn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iron Bottom Sound

Solomon Islands World War II heritage sites → hasPart → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ironbottom Sound naval battle area

Lunga River → mouthLocatedIn → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Lunga River → flowsInto → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

HMAS Canberra (D33) → sunkInBodyOfWater → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

Allied nickname for Japanese high-speed runs from bases such as Rabaul → notableArea → Ironbottom Sound ⓘ

subject surface form: Tokyo Express