Nendo Island

Also known as Santa Cruz, Ndeni, Nitendi, Ndende, Santa Cruz Island

thumb|NASA picture of Nendö, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands thumb thumb|Tepukei (ocean-going outrigger canoe) from the Santa Cruz Islands

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thumb|NASA picture of Nendö, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands thumb thumb|Tepukei (ocean-going outrigger canoe) from the Santa Cruz Islands

Nendö is the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands, located in the Temotu province of Solomon Islands. The island is also known as Santa Cruz, Nendo, Ndeni, Nitendi or Ndende. The name Santa Cruz was given to the island in 1595 by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña, who started a colony there. Historically, the island has also been called New Guernsey and '''Lord Egmont's Island', after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, First Lord of the Admiralty.