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	The importance of ethnographic knowledge to fishery research design and management in the South Pacific: A case study ...
		The nearest neighbours are Vanuatu to the southeast, and Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island) to the west.
		Kolombangara means the ‘water god’, a reference to the plentiful supply of fresh water from rivers on the island.
		In most areas of Solomon Islands, for example, there is a long history of communal use of marine resources under the guidance of CMT systems, thus, attempts to disassociate their role and influence in any fishery operations may seriously jeopardise the physical or economic survival of the people (Donnelly et al.
	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 island has a classic cone shape rising to a summit elevation of 1770 m.
		A hot spring is located near Ndughore peak on the southern side of the island.
	www.volcanolive.com /kolombangara.html (61 words)

	JULY, 1943
		Brief reports from the South Pacific indicate that a naval battle is in progress in Kula Gulf, north of New Georgia Island.
		Later on the same morning another small enemy cargo vessel was attacked by the same planes and left burning on a reef at the north tip of Baga Island.
		The U. planes on closer approach to the island were met by additional fighters and heavy antiaircraft fire.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1943-07.html (4237 words)

	Battle of Blackett Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Blackett Strait was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on 6 March 1943 in the Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara Island and Arundel Island in the Solomon Islands.
		After the American victory in the battle of Guadalcanal, operations in the Solomon Islands shifted to the west, where the Japanese maintained a substantial garrison on Kolombangara.
		As they withdrew after landing their cargo, the two ships encountered the American Task Force 68 of three cruisers (Montpelier, Cleveland, and Denver) and three destroyers (Conway, Cony, and Waller) commanded by Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill, that had been bombarding Japanese positions at Vila.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Blackett_Strait (284 words)

	1943: CENTRAL SOLOMONS
		The purpose of this operation was to reoccupy the remainder of the Solomons and the northern coast of New Guinea as far as Lae and Salamaua.
		MacArthur's forces landed on islands off eastern New Guinea and on the New Guinea coast northwest of Buna where they were to make contact with an Australian division which was already fighting near Salamaua.
		The strong Japanese position on Kolombangara was not assaulted directly, but was bypassed by the success on Arundel and with the 18 September 1943 landing of Army, Marine, and New Zealand troops on Vella Lavella, fifteen miles northwest of Kolombangara, between New Georgia and Bougainville.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1943solomons-central.php (1532 words)

	Memories of war \| Bill Sabel
		My mission was to establish a vegetable farm in the Solomons on the island of Kolombangara for the express purpose of furnishing fresh garden produce for the base hospital at Munda.
		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.
	www.memoriesofwar.com /veterans/sabel.asp (1113 words)

	USS Taylor (DD-468) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She began her duty with that fleet with a practice bombardment of the Aitape area of New Guinea late in August and a practice landing at Moffin Bay conducted on 6 September.
		Following that, she patrolled the vicinity of Dinagat Island with a unit known as the "torpedo attack force." On 27 and 28 October, the warship screened TG 77.4, the escort carrier group.
		She stopped at Midway Island and Yokosuka, Japan, before joining TF 77 on 16 June to screen the carriers during air operations off the Korean coast.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/U/USS-Taylor-(DD-468).htm (5896 words)

	Ethnologue: Solomon Islands
		Santa Isabel Island, villages of Popoheo and Hovukoilo in Maringe District and from Ghove to Biluro on Hograno coast.
		Central Santa Isabel Island, on Maringe side from village of Gnulahaghe southeast to Kuma'ihaui; on Hograno coast in several villages in Kia district; and scattered villages in Gao-Bughotu region.
		Close to Sikaiana in the Solomon Islands, and to Takuu and Nukumanu in Papua New Guinea.
	www.christusrex.org /www3/ethno/Solo.html (2374 words)

	25th Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elements cleared Arundel Island, 24 September 1943, and Kolombangara Island with its important Vila Airport, 6 October.
		Organized resistance on New Georgia ended, 25 August, and the Division moved to New Zealand for rest and training, last elements arriving on 5 December.
		Today the "Tropic Lightning" Division is composed of three infantry brigades (two in Hawaii; one at Fort Lewis), an Aviation Brigade, Division Artillery, a Division Support command and a complement of separate battalions.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /2/25/25th_infantry_division.html (2117 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.
		Bypassed by direct assault during the Central Solomons campaign, the island was neutralized by the 25th Infantry Division on September 25, 1943 and elements of the 27th Infantry landed on Island and established perimeter defense around Vila Airfield.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/solomons_kolombangara.html (291 words)

	Sagharughombe, Solomon Islands
		Although the closest settlement to Sagharughombe reef is a Gilbertese community on the island of Mbambanga, the villagers do not claim the fishing rights to the reef, however, they frequently fish it.
		In the north, the reef is separated from Kennedy Island’s fringing reef by a channel, 35 meters deep.
		Since logging on the nearby volcanic island of Kolombangara is conducted in an ecological friendly way, sedimentation from land runoff does not seem to be a big problem in this area.
	www.pcrf.org /science/Sagharughombe3/reefreport.html (4303 words)

	Axel Dalberg Poulsen Danish botanist research tropical plants gingers Borneo
		On the latter island, we celebrated New Year's Eve with other participants in Galathea 3 from Moesgaard Museum, Denmark (read my weblog on Jyllandsposten's Galathea website in Danish).
		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)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Earthquake Raises Ranongga Island
		This was the case on Ranongga Island in the Solomon Islands.
		The newly exposed reef forms a gray rim along the eastern shore of the island in the left image, acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on April 12, 2007.
		During the December 26, 2004, earthquake that generated the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, Simeulue Island was lifted as much as 150 centimeters (4.9 feet), exposing the reef that surrounded it.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?i (383 words)

	Strong dd 467
		She sailed from there on 5 February for the Solomon Islands and patrolled off Guadalcanal until the 13th when she joined Task Force (TF) 67 composed of four cruisers and their destroyer screen.
		On 14 March, Strong, Nicholas (DD-449), Radford (DD 446), and Taylor (DD-468) were detached to bombard shore installations on Kolombangara Island and shelled targets on Vila Stanmore Plantation on 16 March.
		Strong, with TF 18, accompanied three destroyer minelayers to Blackett Strait, between Kolombangara and Arundel Island, and mined it in the early morning hours of 7 May. The next morning, four Japanese destroyers sailed around Kolombangara into the strait and the minefield.
	www.multied.com /Navy/destroyer/dest2/Strongdd467.html (699 words)

	Images Of The Day - Solomon Islands - RedOrbit
		The most serious damage occurred on the island of Gizo, northwest of the earthquake epicenter, where the tsunami damaged the hospital, schools, and hundreds of houses.
		The circular Kolombangara Island is the tip of a dormant volcano, and other circular volcanic peaks are visible in the image.
		The image also shows that the Solomon Islands run on a northwest-southeast axis parallel to the edge of the Pacific plate, the section of the Earth’s crust that carries the Pacific Ocean and its islands.
	www.redorbit.com /images/images-of-the-day/img/14206/solomon_islands/index.html?source=r_earthiod (413 words)

	Islands of the Solomons - John Seach
		The Solomon Island consists of 992 islands, of which 347 are inhabited.
		Listed below are some of the main geographic areas of the islands.
		The islands are known as the Happy isles.
	www.solomonislands.com.sb /islands.html (45 words)

	NLE WWII KENNEDY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After motor torpedo, or PT, boat school at Melville, Rhode Island, he was assigned to the Solomon Islands.
		Their mission was to prevent these ships from reaching their base on Kolombangara Island.
		After relocating the crew to a nearby island, Kennedy swam to several different islands for assistance, but found no one.
	www.eisenhower.utexas.edu /wwiiken.htm (421 words)

	DD-468 DANFS
		Admiral Halsey, operating upon intelligence which indicated a major Japanese attempt to reinforce their beleaguered garrison on the island, sent out the large screening force in the hope and expectation of a major naval engagement.
		During the night of 15 and 16 March, she joined Nicholas (DD449), Radford (DD-446), and Strong (DD-467) in the fourth bombardment of the Vila-Stanmore plantation located on Kolombangara Island in the central Solomons.
		She and her division were reassigned to the Central Pacific Force on 31 October in preparation for the first step in the Navy's central Pacific thrust, the seizure and occupation of the Gilbert Islands.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd468txt.htm (5824 words)

	USS Taylor II
		During the night of 16 and 16 March, she joined Nicholas (DD 449), Radford (DD-446), and Strong (DD-467) in the fourth bombardment of the Vila-Stanmore plantation located on Kolombangara Island in the central Solomons.
		By this time, the Japanese had already begun to evacuate bypassed Kolombangara and would soon make the decision to do the same at Vella Lavella Thus, Taylor and other destroyers continued their nocturnal forays up the "Slot" to interdict barge traffic.
		On the night of 20 October, she Terry (DD-513), and Ralph Talbot (DD-390) engagel enemy barges and a surface force in the waters between Choiseul and Kolombangara.
	www.multied.com /Navy/destroyer2/taylorII.html (3333 words)

	DD-466 DANFS
		On the 29th, 50 miles to the north of Rennell Island, Japanese torpedo-carrying "Betty" bombers (Mitsubishi G4M-1's) came in low from the east carefully avoiding silhouetting themselves against the afterglow of dusk.
		The Battle of Rennell Island, which resulted in the loss of one American cruiser and damage to a destroyer succeeded in diverting Japanese intentions from the transports off Lunga Point and allowed vital American reinforcements to enter the final phase of the battle to drive the Japanese from Guadalcanal.
		TG 51.18, an expeditionary force reserve whose mission was to support the occupation of the Marianas was slated to land on whatever island the situation might dictate Saipan, Guam, or Tinian.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/destroy/dd466txt.htm (3517 words)

	USS O'Bannon
		The Japanese are transporting troops from island to island using barges.
		July 15th — this night we are heading up to the island of Vella Lavella on a mission to rescue 175 survivors of the Helena who paddled there using rafts and rubber boats.
		August 15th — the Japanese troops are defeated on the island of New Georgia but are still entrenched of the island of Kolombangara.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass/ussobannon/vella_gulf.html (951 words)

	Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands Bed and Breakfasts - Kolombangara Island Bed and Breakfast Inns from Pamela Lanier
		Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands Bed and Breakfasts - Kolombangara Island Bed and Breakfast Inns from Pamela Lanier
		Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands and Surrounding Area Bed and Breakfast Inns
		Search our database of Kolombangara Island B&B's and you'll find detailed listings, current rates, and special deals for bed and breakfasts in Kolombangara Island, Solomon Islands.
	www.lanierbb.com /Solomon_Islands/Kolombangara_Island/index.html (90 words)

	The Coast Guard and the Pacific War by Robert Browning
		Bouganville Island, 75 miles northwest of Vella Lavella and the most northwestern of the Solomon Island chain, was the Allies' next objective.
		The assault on this island was from shore to shore due to its closeness to Saipan.
		After subjecting the island to an intense bombardment from sea and air, the Callaway and Leonard Wood landed men on the northeast and eastern side of the island against light opposition.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g-cp/history/h_pacwar.html (7632 words)

	Solomon Islands Hotels - Gizo Hotel Western Province Solomon Islands
		The seaview rooms have a splendid view of the harbour, Logha Island close by, the airport island of Nusatupe, and the 5,800 ft (1770 m) extinct volcano of Kolombangara Island looming in the distance.
		Various other activities can be arranged from the hotel tour desk including sport fishing, island tours, romantic picnics on deserted islets, nature hikes, cultural tours, or rent a sea kayak and explore the beautiful tropical surroundings.
		An interesting trip is the 7km boat ride to Kennedy Island for a day of snorkelling and a barbeque lunch on this tiny deserted islet.
	www.southtravels.com /pacific/solomonislands/gizohotel/index.html (586 words)

	" Report of a South Pacific Regional Workshop on Forest Certification" -Mtn-Forum On-Line Library Document
		The Pacific Islands Forests and Trees Support Programme may be organising a regional workshop on reduced impact logging and certification in 1999, and we hope that the experience from the current FSPI workshop can be used in our workshop.
		SWIFT (Solomon Western Islands Fair Trade) is the commercial arm of the United Church in the western Solomon Islands.
		Kolombangara Forest Products Limited (KFPL) was established in 1989 as a joint venture between the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) and the Investment Corporation of the Solomon Islands (ICSI), with the aim of creating and sustaining a 16,000 ha forest industry on land previously logged by Levers Pacific Timbers.
	www.mtnforum.org /resources/library/fpsi98a.htm (14028 words)

	The Pacific: Uninvited Guests - NI 101 - Keeping Levers at bay
		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.
		In 1968 the colonial government of the then British Solomon Islands Protectorate put pressure on the company to do something with their concession.
		Rainfall over the entire island was found to have decreased since logging had begun.
	www.newint.org /issue101/levers.htm (909 words)

	Cheesemans' Ecology Safaris: South Pacific - July 2004
		The island in the middle of the lagoon is Vangunu Island.
		Gizo Airport is on a tiny island and we are transferred by boat to the town itself.
		While the large islands of Solomons and Fiji are huge, weathered volcanic landscapes and the small islands are ancient atolls that have been uplifted by tectonic activity, New Caledonia is off the Gondwanaland block, formerly linked with Australia and NZ.
	www.cheesemans.com /spacific_jul04.html (3972 words)

	NATURE . Printable Page \| PBS
		In 1943, the future president was the 26-year old skipper of PT 109, which cruised the channels of the Soloman Islands in search of Japanese vessels.
		On the moonless night of August 2, 1943, as PT 109 prowled the waters off Kolombangara Island, a Japanese destroyer suddenly emerged out of the darkness and, in an instant, cut Kennedy's plywood craft in half.
		After two days on the small island without food and water, Kennedy realized they needed to swim to a larger island, Olasana, if they were to survive.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/warwrecks/print/jfk.html (577 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II
		Vila Airfield on Kolombangara Island is bombed by 5 B-24's and 10 USN aircraft.
		Light raids are flown against targets on Ceram Island in the Moluccas Islands and Timor Island in the Sunda Islands.
		On New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, B-24's hit Cape Gloucester and a freighter near Talasea; A-20's and RAAF aircraft bomb Gasmata Island off New Britain Island.
	www.usaaf.net /chron/43/sep43.htm (9839 words)

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