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The Santa Cruz Islands are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Temotu Province of the nation of Solomon Islands. They lie approximately 250 miles to the southeast of the Solomon Islands archipelago. The Santa Cruz Islands lie just north of the archipelago of Vanuatu, and are considered part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion.
The Duff Islands are a small island group lying to the northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands in province of Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands. They are also sometimes known as the Wilson Islands.
The Reef Islands are a loose collection of 16 islands in the in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. These islands have historically also been known by the names of Swallow Islands and Matema Islands.
Malaita Province is the most populous and one of the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. The population of the province is 122,620 (1999). The area of the province is 4,225 km2 (1,631 sq mi).
Utupua is an island in the Santa Cruz Islands, located 66 km to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group, between Vanikoro and Santa Cruz proper (Nendö). This island belongs administratively to the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands.
Nukapu is one of the islands of the nation of Solomon Islands. It is in the Reef Islands group in Temotu Province; the easternmost province of the Solomons. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.
Nifiloli is an island in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 19 metres. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.
Fenualoa is the second largest island in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands.
Patteson Shoal is an outer reef in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. It is located about 50 km northeast of Nupani. The shoal is named for John Coleridge Patteson.
Makalom is a small uninhabited island in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands. The island is 350 m long and 60 m wide, and is located on the south-west side of an oval-shaped atoll 2.5 km long and 1.5 km wide, some 4.8 km WNW of Pileni Island.
Ugi Island, also Uki Island, is an island in Solomon Islands; it is located in Makira-Ulawa Province and lies 11 km north of Makira Island.
Lomlom is the largest of the Reef Islands in Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands. It measures seven by four kilometres and separated from Fenualoa by a deep channel. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some 21 metres. Variant forms of the island's name are Fonofono and Lom lom.
Matema Island or Matema is of one of the Reef Islands in Temotu Province, of the independent nation of Solomon Islands.
Pigeon Island is of one of the Reef Islands in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands, 360 nautical miles from Honiara. The island is 274 by 91 metres. In local language the island is called Ngarando, which means a faraway place.
Ngatendo is of one of the Reef Islands in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. The island is inhabited.
Nibanga Nendi is of one of the Reef Islands located in Temotu Province of the independent nation of Solomon Islands. The spelling of the island's name is various: Nibanga, Nimanu, Banga Ndeni.
Nibanga Temau is the easternmost island of the Reef Islands located in Temotu Province of the independent nation of Solomon Islands. Nibanga Temau has a length of 3.4 kilometres. The nearest large island is Lomlom.
Ngawa is one of the Reef Islands located in Temotu Province of the independent nation of Solomon Islands.
Ngandeli is one of the Reef Islands located in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands.
The Coral reefs of the Solomon Islands consists of six major islands and over 986 smaller islands, in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu. The Solomon Islands lie between latitudes 5° and 13°S, and longitudes 155° and 169°E. The distance between the westernmost and easternmost islands is about 1,500 km (930 mi). The Santa Cruz Islands are situated north of Vanuatu and are especially isolated at more than 200 km (120 mi) from the other islands. The Solomon Islands has the 22nd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 1,589,477 km2 (613,701 sq mi) of the Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ "Banepi / Banga / Banga Netepa Island / Ngalo / Panavi, Solomon Islands" . Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ "Ngalo: Solomon Islands". Geographical Names. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ↑ Curry, R. J. "GHOUNDWATER RESOURCES ,OF NGALO (LOMLOM) ISLAND REEF ISLANDS, TENíOTU PROVINCE" (PDF). NIWA. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
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