Kolombangara
Sign in to saveKolombangara (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.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kolombangara
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- Kolombangara General.png
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- General map of Kolombangara with neighbouring islands
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- Solomon Islands - Kolombangara.PNG
- Islands.native_name
- Nduke
- Islands.location
- South Pacific Ocean
- Islands.archipelago
- New Georgia Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 687.8
- Islands.length_km
- 30
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mount Veve
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1770
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Western
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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.
==Geography== Almost perfectly round in shape and about across, the island is a stratovolcano that reaches an elevation of at Mount Veve. The island forms part of the southern boundary of the New Georgia Sound; to the northwest the Vella Gulf separates it from Vella Lavella and Gizo, while to the southeast New Georgia lies across the Kula Gulf. West-southwest of Kolombangara is Ghizo Island, upon which the Western provincial capital Gizo is located. The island is heavily forested, with few inhabitants. There are two notable settlements, Ringgi and Mongga, the former being the larger. The most significant industry on the island is logging, principally based at Poitete.
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