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1 day ago · The country takes its name from the wider area of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (currently a part of Papua New Guinea ), but excludes the Santa Cruz Islands .
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The Solomon Islands, a country and archipelago in Melanesia,...
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3 days ago · Solomon Islands is a country consisting of a double chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in Melanesia, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Once a British protectorate, Solomon Islands achieved independence as a republic in 1978. Honiara, on Guadalcanal Island, is the capital and largest city.
1 day ago · The North and South Provinces are on the New Caledonian mainland, while the Loyalty Islands Province is a series of four inhabited islands off the east coast of mainland (from north to south: Ouvéa, Lifou, Tiga, and Maré ).
2 days ago · It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of Fiji.
5 days ago · The Federated States of Micronesia ( / ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə / ⓘ; abbreviated FSM ), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania. The federation consists of four states —from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae —that are spread across the western Pacific.
2 days ago · The Solomon Islands, a country and archipelago in Melanesia, were named for King Solomon by the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña, who became the first European to see the islands in 1568. [108] [109]
1 day ago · Line Islands: Millenium Island channel between west side of Long Island and Nake Island Marakei, North Gilbert Islands There are 21 inhabited islands in Kiribati. Kiribati can be geographically divided into three archipelagoes or groups of islands, which have no administrative functions.
