Kolombangara

7°59′S 157°04′E

Kolombangara (sometimes spelled Kulambangara) is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The name is from a local language, a rough translation of its meaning is "Water Lord" with approximately 80 rivers and streams running down its flanks.

Terrain

7°59′S 157°04′E

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Overview

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Nearest islands

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Minor islands

Photographs

View of the Solomon Islands taken during ISS Expedition 9.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Unknown author / Public domain
Unknown photographerUnknown photographer / Public domain
View of the Solomon Islands taken during ISS Expedition 9.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain
80-G-55521: USS St. Louis (CL 49) in harbor during the Battle of Kula Gulf. Photographed by CPU-2, 5-6 July 1943. (4/28/2015).
National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain
80-G-57619a: Battle of Kula Gulf, July 6, 1943. Deck divisions receive mail on fantail of USS Nicholas (DD 449) after the battle. Photographed by CPU-2, July 12-13 1943. (6/2/2015).
National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain

Sources

Facts

Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
Talus
Wikidata
Wikipedia

Photographs

ISS009-E-6668 - View of the Solomon Islands. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Kolombangara NASA. Unknown author / Public domain
American-Planes-Bomb-Jap-Positions-In-The-Solomons-352026096567. Unknown photographerUnknown photographer / Public domain
ISS009-E-6665 - View of the Solomon Islands. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
80-G-54560 (27804059043). National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain
80-G-55521 (16690961924). National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain
80-G-57619a (18420538951). National Museum of the U.S. Navy / Public domain