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	Destroyer History — Kolombangara
		Kolombangara from Kula Gulf at the entrance to Hathorn Sound.
		Over the next hour, we watched the sun rise before detouring into Ringgi Cove, largest of five coves on Kolombangara’s south shore, and marveled at the dramatically different barrier island-and-lagoon geology of Arundel Island to starboard.
		The sun had climbed into the sky by the time we arrived at the site of Lever Bros.’ coconut plantation at Vila, the strait’s narrowest point, little more than 1/2 mile wide.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /destroyers/kolombangara.html (243 words)

	Kolombangara (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands.
		US forces "leapfrogged" Kolombangara to land on Vella Lavella, and the Japanese evacuated Kolombangara between 23 September and 4 October 1943.
		Kolombangara Forest Products Limited Plantation-based timber and products that meet the international standards of sustainability while promoting economic and social development for the people of the region.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Kolombangara.html (189 words)

	Kolombangara - Definition, explanation
		Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands.
		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.
		US forces "leapfrogged" Kolombangara to land on Vella Lavella, and the Japanese evacuated Kolombangara between 23 September and 4 October 1943.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/k/ko/kolombangara.php (222 words)

	The importance of ethnographic knowledge to fishery research design and management in the South Pacific: A case study ...
		Kolombangara Island (Figure 2) is situated in the Western Province of the Solomons, at 7°55’S and 157°05’E. It is an extinct Pleistocene volcano, with an area of approximately 680 km
		Kolombangara means the ‘water god’, a reference to the plentiful supply of fresh water from rivers on the island.
		The lunar cycle is an integral part of traditional fishing knowledge in Kolombangara because the success rate of fishing depends highly on the behaviour of some species during certain lunar periods.
	www.spc.int /coastfish/News/Trad/14/Trad14-sabetian.htm (6052 words)

	Kolombangara \| Estonian \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands.
		Kolombangara ist eine Insel der zu den Salomonen gehörenden New Georgia-Inselgruppe.Die Insel weist eine fast kreisrunde Form auf und misst ca.
		Kolombangara is een eiland in New Georgia in de Salomonseilanden.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Kolombangara/Estonian (282 words)

	The importance of ethnographic knowledge to fishery research design and management in the South Pacific: A case study ...
		Kolombangara Island (Figure 2) is situated in the Western Province of the Solomons, at 7°55’S and 157°05’E. It is an extinct Pleistocene volcano, with an area of approximately 680 km
		Kolombangara means the ‘water god’, a reference to the plentiful supply of fresh water from rivers on the island.
		The lunar cycle is an integral part of traditional fishing knowledge in Kolombangara because the success rate of fishing depends highly on the behaviour of some species during certain lunar periods.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/spc/coastfish/news/trad/14/Trad14-sabetian.htm (6052 words)

	Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands - John Seach
		Kolombangara is an active volcano, which has erupted within the past 10,000 years.
		The summit of Kolombangara contains a 4 km wide caldera with four peaks (Veve, Rano, Mbatuvana, and Tapalamenggutu).
		A hot spring is located near Ndughore peak on the southern side of the island.
	www.solomonislands.com.sb /kolombangara.html (104 words)

	Memories of war \| Bill Sabel
		They suggested a vegetable farm be established on the nearby island of Kolombangara to augment the drab dehydrated menu that was served to the wounded men in the base hospital.
		Many people from Kolombangara she states, are closely related to the people of Rannogga and there is much intermarriage so she assumes that there could well be connections with the watermelon growing on the two islands.
		Kolombangara is probably more or less as you knew it, though logging has destroyed much of the lowland forest.
	www.memoriesofwar.com /veterans/sabel.asp (1113 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Vella Gulf (Japanese: ãã©æ¹¾å¤æ¦) was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of August 6, 1943 – August 7, 1943, in Vella Gulf between the islands of Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
		After their victory in the battle of Kolombangara on July 13 the Japanese had established a formidable garrison of 12,400 in Vila at the southern tip of the island.
		The battle, coming less than one month after the night action at Kolombangara, was the first U.S. victory in a torpedo duel.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Battle_of_Vella_Gulf (496 words)

	Kolombangara Island
		Lat 8° 0' 0S Long 157° 4' 60E Located to the north of Arundel and Wana Wana Islands, just to the north-west of New Georgia.
		For the defense of the New Georgia, the 'South-East Detachment' Headquarters were based on Kolombangara, headed by Major General Noboru Sasaki who arrived on May 31, 1943.
		Japanese airfield neutralized from the air, later ocupied by Allied forces.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/solomons_kolombangara.html (291 words)

	Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands - John Seach
		Kolombangara is an active volcano, which has erupted within the past 10,000 years.
		The summit of Kolombangara contains a 4 km wide caldera with four peaks (Veve, Rano, Mbatuvana, and Tapalamenggutu).
		A hot spring is located near Ndughore peak on the southern side of the island.
	www.volcanolive.com /kolombangara.html (61 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Monograph--Marines in the Central Solomons
		Shortly after dark the night of 8-9 August he moved to Kolombangara, where he remained until the close of the campaign, leaving further action on New Georgia itself to the supervision of small-unit commanders.
		Kolombangara's coast just beyond small-arms range, the Marines detected and reported signs of activity in the vicinity of Vila airfield and along the shores to the north.
		As early as 11 July, Admiral Nimitz suggested that heavily defended Kolombangara be by-passed in favor of seizing lightly held Vella Lavella, a densely wooded, volcanic island some 14 miles to the northwest.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-CSol/USMC-M-CSol-5.html (7183 words)

	Axel Dalberg Poulsen Danish botanist research tropical plants gingers Borneo
		The search for gingers on Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands, was completed on 10 Dec 2006.
		Kolombangara is of volcanic origin and reaches 1770 m.
		The boat trip to Kolombangara at sunset took 2 hours as we had to go to the northern side.
	dalbergpoulsen.com (802 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: Kolombangara
		Kolombangara is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands.
		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.
		US forces "leapfrogged" Kolombangara to land on Vella Lavella, and the Japanese evacuated Kolombangara between 23 September and 4 October 1943.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/10699 (131 words)

	R5647 - Solomon Islands: Kolombangara ecological survey final (30 year) analysis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In addition, it was considered that the large amount of data available could contribute to an increasing knowledge of the silvicultural properties of some major Solomon Islands timber tree species and the long-term responses of forests to cyclone damage.
		The Kolombangara plots are uniquely placed to address these issues because of the length of time that they have been monitored, the large number of trees under study and the local interest in maintaining them.
		The display of these documents is made possible by the policy of the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) for increased dissemination of outputs from the research projects which it funds or co-funds, and by an appropriate legal clause on intellectual property rights in the contracts from DFID to outsourced research programme managements.
	www.frp.uk.com /project_details.cfm/projectID/3946/textonly/yes (334 words)

	Battle of Kolombangara (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Battle of Kolombangara was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 12 July, 1943 – 13 July, 1943 off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
		A Japanese force, commanded by Rear Admiral Shunji Izaki and comprising the light cruiser Jintsu, the destroyers Mikazuki, Yukikaze, Hamakaze, Kiyonami and Yugure and the destroyer transports Satsuki, Minazuki, Yunagi, and Matsukaze, made a run to land reinforcements on Vila on the night of 12 July 1943.
		At 01:00 on 13 July the Allied ships established radar contact about twenty miles (30 km) east of the northern tip of Kolombangara.
	www.wikimoz.org /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_kolombangara.html (358 words)

	Schlacht bei Kolombangara
		Die Schlacht bei Kolombangara war eine Seeschlacht zwischen der japanischen und der amerikanischen Marine während des Zweiten Weltkriegs.
		Juli 1943 vor Kolombangara in den Salomonen statt.
		Diskussion der Autoren über den Artikel: Schlacht bei Kolombangara
	www.weblexikon.de /Schlacht_bei_Kolombangara.html (557 words)

	Battle of Vella Gulf Information
		The Battle of Vella Gulf was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on the night of August 6, 1943 – August 7, 1943, in Vella Gulf between the islands of Vella Lavella and Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
		After their victory in the battle of Kolombangara on July 13 the Japanese had established a formidable garrison in Vila, the principal port on that island, using fast destroyers as transports.
		Three supply runs on 19 July, 22 July, and 1 August were successful, although the last of these resulted in a battle with fifteen PT boats in which the destroyer Amagiri rammed and sank PT-109.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Battle_of_Vella_Gulf (468 words)

	America at War
		The gunboat USS Plymouth (PG-57) is sunk by a submarine torpedo.
		Shortly before midnight, four Japanese destroyers attempting to bring troops and supplies to Kolombangara in the Solomons is attacked by six US destroyers under Commodore F. Moosbrugger in Vella Gulf.
		The destroyer USS Henley (DD-391) is sunk by submarine torpedo in the eastern New Guinea area.
	www.america-at-war.net /wwii1943.html (9086 words)

	Vila
		Vila is a site at the southern end of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands, originally the location of the Vila Stanmore Coconut plantation.
		During World War II, Japanese forces built an airstrip in order to stage aircraft from Rabaul down to Guadalcanal, and on several occasions, beginning on 24 January 1943 US attempted to put the airstrip out of operation by bombing it.
		However, it remained in use until the Japanese evacuated Kolombangara in September and early October 1943.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/vi/Vila.htm (144 words)

	Kolombangara - Suchergebnis zu Kolombangara - Definition zu Kolombangara - Deutsches Bedeutungswörterbuch - ...
		Kolombangara ist eine Insel der zu den Salomonen gehörenden New Georgia-Inseln.
		Im Meer um Kolombangara fanden die Schlacht im Kula-Golf und die Schlacht bei Kolombangara statt.
		Dort findet sich neben einer Übersicht der Autoren die Möglichkeit, den Original-Text des Artikels Kolombangara zu editieren.
	www.bedeutungswoerterbuch.de /Kolombangara.html (191 words)

	HyperWar: USMC Operations in WWII: Vol II--Isolation of Rabaul
		On the night of 14-15 September, the remaining battalions of the 13th Regiment on Kolombangara were loaded on barges for transfer to Arundel to begin a counteroffensive which was supposed to regain the initiative in the Central Solomons.
		The Allies had decided that enemy troop concentrations on Kolombangara did not necessitate an attack, that neutralization of the island would be as effective as occupation and not as costly in terms of troop casualties or supplies.
		After scattered outposts on Gizo and Ganongga Islands returned to Kolombangara on the 19th and 23d of September, the only remaining enemy troops were the small force defending Arundel, a sizeable body of troops on Kolombangara, and the stragglers back-tracking along the coast of Vella Lavella--about 12,000 troops in all, by Japanese estimates.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/II/USMC-II-II-5.html (6771 words)

	Amazon.com: Kolombangara: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Anchorage on the northwest coast to prevent reinforcements from nearby Kolombangara Island from reaching Munda.
		As one example, Admiral Halsey opted to bypass heavily defended Kolombangara in the Central Solomons to seize Vela Lavella instead, leaving...
		Kolombangara, like Kiska, was then evacuated by the enemy.126 Halsey had...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Kolombangara&index=books&page=1 (1066 words)

	Battle of Kolombangara, July 13, 1943, by Vincent P. O'Hara
		Admiral Ainsworth believed he had inflicted severe damage on the Japanese at Kula Gulf and he was commendably eager to inflict more.
		At this time the Allied force was heading west about twenty miles east of the northern tip of Kolombangara.
		The Japanese Support Group, also in a single column, was proceeding southeast about 12 miles off Kolombangara.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/kolombangara.htm (990 words)

	Project: KOLOMBANGARA ECOLOGICAL SURVEY FINAL (30 YEAR) ANALYSIS
		In addition, it was considered that the large amount of data available could contribute to an increasing knowledge of the silvicultural properties of some major Solomon Islands timber tree species and the long-term responses of forests to cyclone damage.
		The Kolombangara plots are uniquely placed to address these issues because of the length of time that they have been monitored, the large number of trees under study and the local interest in maintaining them.
		The objectives of the project are: To make 1994 measurements of permanent sample plots To add 1988, 1990 and 1994 remeasurements to data base and reanalyse for the whole period 1964-1994 To publish scientific report summarising discoveries on regeneration dynamics over 30 years, and manual for local use on management and silvicultural implications.
	www.odi.org.uk /tropics/projects/2548.htm (252 words)

	West Pacific Odyssey recce visit to the Solomon Islands
		This species was found in small numbers on Guadalcanal, Gizo and Kolombangara with at least three individuals seen during a “zodiac cruise” along a secluded waterway on Kolombangara on 21 February and a single bird a couple of days later on Gizo.
		During the recce visit to the Western Solomon Islands, this was by far the commonest large pigeon seen on both Gizo and Kolombangara with birds regularly seen flying overhead and periodically perched, especially in fruiting trees.
		For example, at least ten birds were seen on Kolombangara on the afternoon of 21 February, at least twenty were seen on the island the following morning and then ten on Gizo that afternoon.
	home.btconnect.com /wildwings/wposolomon.html (3883 words)

	Soil organic carbon in relation to cultivation and topsoil removal on sloping lands of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Soil organic carbon in relation to cultivation and topsoil removal on sloping lands of Kolombangara, Solomon Islands
		Soil organic carbon (SOC) concentration was evaluated under three land use practices on sloping land of Kolombangara in Solomon Islands (5-12 degrees S, 155-170 degrees W).
		In this regard, a judicious use of chemical fertilizers and biosolids may be crucial to achieving sustainable production.
	www.trophort.com /information/data/B01/S17/WAI03SOI19X1845.html (327 words)

	Axel Dalberg Poulsen Danish botanist research tropical plants gingers Borneo
		The search for gingers on Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands, was completed on 10 Dec 2006.
		Kolombangara is of volcanic origin and reaches 1770 m.
		The boat trip to Kolombangara at sunset took 2 hours as we had to go to the northern side.
	www.dalbergpoulsen.com /recent.html (785 words)

	The Pacific: Uninvited Guests - NI 101 - Keeping Levers at bay
		But the people's fears that their land was to be exploited by Levers against their wishes were confirmed.
		Developments on north New Georgia were being carefully watched by observers from Iriri village, not far across the water on Kolombangara Island to the northwest.
		Ring and feeder logging roads were promoted by both company and government as great assets to the people of Kolombangara.
	www.newint.org /issue101/levers.htm (909 words)

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