Kingguru is a small island in Western Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. 8°45′50″S158°07′30″E / 8.764°S 158.125°E
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Kingguru is a small island in Western Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. 8°45′50″S158°07′30″E / 8.764°S 158.125°E
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New Georgia Sound is the sound in the New Georgia Islands region that runs approximately southeast–northwest through the middle of the Solomon Islands archipelago in the Southern Pacific Ocean and Melanesia.
The Savu Sea is a small sea within Indonesia named for the island of Savu (Sawu) on its southern boundary. It is bounded by Savu and Rai Jua to the south, the islands of Rote and Timor to the east, Flores and the Alor archipelago to the north/northwest, and the island of Sumba to the west/northwest. Between these islands, it flows into the Indian Ocean to the south and west, the Flores Sea to the north, and the Banda Sea to the northeast.
The Banda Sea is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, connected to the Pacific Ocean, but surrounded by hundreds of islands, including Timor, as well as the Halmahera and Ceram Seas. It is about 1000 km (600 mi) east to west, and about 500 km (300 mi) north to south.
Cassin's auklet is a small, chunky seabird that ranges widely in the North Pacific. It is the only species placed in the genus Ptychoramphus. It nests in small burrows and because of its presence on well studied islands in British Columbia and off California it is one of the better known auks. It is named for the American ornithologist John Cassin.
The Australian Indian Ocean Territories is the name since 1995 of an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, consisting of two island groups in the Indian Ocean under Australian sovereignty:
Liran is a small island off the southwest coast of Wetar Island, Indonesia. Administratively it is part of West Wetar District within the Southwest Maluku Regency. The East Timorese island Atauro is 12 km to the southwest. Liran is the westernmost of the Barat Daya Islands in the province of Maluku. It covers an area of 39.14 km2 and had 841 inhabitants in 2019.
The Chesterfield Islands are a French archipelago of New Caledonia located in the Coral Sea, 550 km (300 nmi) northwest of Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia. The archipelago is 120 km long and 70 km broad, made up of 11 uninhabited islets and many reefs. The land area of the islands is less than 10 km2.
Nggatokae Island is an island in the New Georgia Islands within Western Province, Solomon Islands. It is served by Gatokae Aerodrome.
Mbulo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. Lying in the eastern part of the New Georgia Islands, Mbulo is heavily forested with a volcanic center. The terrain elevation above sea level has been estimated to be about 125 metres, but SRTM data suggests a maximum elevation of about 240 metres.
Marovo Island is an island in Western Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. Marovo was the island where Australian sailor and author John Cromar mostly operated in his later years.
Arnarvon Islands are a group of islands in Solomon Islands. They are located in Isabel Province and nearby to Wagina Island in Choiseul Province.
Kerehikapa is an island in Solomon Islands; it is located in Isabel Province. It is part of the Marine Protected Area of Arnarvon Islands.
Maleivona is an island in Solomon Islands; it is located in Isabel Province.
104 Tauri is the Flamsteed designation for a star in the equatorial constellation of Taurus. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.92, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, this star is located about 50 light-years from the Sun. It is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +20 km/s.
Planets in binary star systems may be candidates for supporting extraterrestrial life. Habitability of binary star systems is determined by many factors from a variety of sources. Typical estimates often suggest that 50% or more of all star systems are binary systems. This may be partly due to sample bias, as massive and bright stars tend to be in binaries and these are most easily observed and catalogued; a more precise analysis has suggested that the more common fainter stars are usually singular, and that up to two thirds of all stellar systems are therefore solitary.
19 Leonis Minoris is a spectroscopic binary located in the northern constellation Leo Minor. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.1, making it one of the brighter members of the constellation. The system is relatively close at a distance of 94 light years but is drifitng closer with a heliocentric radial velocity of 8.6 km/s.