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European settlers, whalers, and missionaries began to arrive in the 18th and 19th centuries. With these outsiders also arrived foreign institutions such as forced labour. Beginning during the 1860s, about 60,000 natives from many parts of the
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inhabit the island's shores. In recent times, these crocodiles have been found only on the
Weather Coast in the south of the island, but during World War II, they were found along the north coast in the vicinity of the airstrip where the fighting was taking place, as evidenced by names such as
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Guadalcanal, the situation became critical. This new Japanese airfield represented a threat to Australia, so the United States as a matter of urgency, despite not being adequately prepared, conducted its first amphibious landing of the war. The initial landings of the
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on 7 August 1942 secured the airfield without too much difficulty, but holding the airfield for the next six months was one of the most hotly contested campaigns in the entire war for the control of ground, sea, and skies.
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was proclaimed, which included the island of Guadalcanal. Germany eventually handed over most of their protectorate to Britain, though, in 1899. By the early 20th century, large agricultural plantations (specialising in
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bird species. At 376,146 ha (1,452 sq mi), it covers some 70% of the island, extending along the southern coast inland to the central highlands, and contains riverine and lowland
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493:Mount Hanihanikaro – 4,262 ft (1,299 m)
1145:Schellinger, Paul; Salkin, Robert, eds. (1996).
472:Mount Ngalighombe – 4,987 ft (1,520 m)
457:Mount Tambunanguu – 6,188 ft (1,886 m)
948:. The only other mammals are bats and rodents.
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484:Mount Chaunapaho – 4,449 ft (1,356 m)
475:Mount Vatupochau – 4,613 ft (1,406 m)
454:Mount Vatuchichi – 6,217 ft (1,895 m)
439:Mount Tanareirei – 6,736 ft (2,053 m)
559:Mbokokimbo River – 98.7 km (61.3 mi)
535:Mount Tughuruloki – 2,621 ft (799 m)
505:Mount Manuchuma – 4,055 ft (1,236 m)
502:Mount Lambuhila – 4,055 ft (1,236 m)
448:Mount Latinarau – 6,296 ft (1,919 m)
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1400:A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz
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529:Mount Valivalisi – 3,100 ft (940 m)
511:Mount Rauramba – 3,930 ft (1,200 m)
508:Mount Vatutora – 4,052 ft (1,235 m)
499:Lumulumuchichi – 4,150 ft (1,260 m)
481:Mount Vatunjae – 4,491 ft (1,369 m)
442:Mount Namolava – 6,427 ft (1,959 m)
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544:Mount Esperance – 2,008 ft (612 m)
538:Mount Mbelapoke – 2,421 ft (738 m)
523:Mount Gallego – 3,415 ft (1,041 m)
451:Mount Kaichui – 6,273 ft (1,912 m)
445:Makaratanggoe – 6,339 ft (1,932 m)
365:in 1568. The name comes from the village of
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2400:Important Bird Areas of the Solomon Islands
859:History of Solomon Islands § Civil war
595:Koloula River – 17.2 km (10.7 mi)
586:Kombito River – 33.1 km (20.6 mi)
520:Mount Taluva – 3,451 ft (1,052 m)
469:Mount Tatuve – 5,056 ft (1,541 m)
466:Mount Nasuha – 5,348 ft (1,630 m)
460:Mount Tohasa – 5,719 ft (1,743 m)
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541:Mount Vungana – 2,349 ft (716 m)
532:Mount Na Vatu – 2,953 ft (900 m)
514:Mount Vausu – 3,783 ft (1,153 m)
490:Chupu Tambu – 4,406 ft (1,343 m)
478:Mount Kemau – 4,596 ft (1,401 m)
463:Mount Pinau – 5,669 ft (1,728 m)
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838:high commissioner for the Western Pacific
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526:Mount Popori – 3,153 ft (961 m)
517:Mount Vuro – 3,681 ft (1,122 m)
422:List of peaks in Guadalcanal by elevation
330:). The island is mainly covered in dense
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577:Aola River – 47.6 km (29.6 mi)
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404:Guadalcanal is the largest island in
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1223:Fackler, Martin (29 November 2014).
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554:List of longest rivers by length
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436:– 7,580 ft (2,310 m)
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913:Memorials in Vilu War Museum
668:In the months following the
21:Guadalcanal (disambiguation)
1443:The World's Weirdest Places
1329:A Short Walk On Guadalcanal
921:Aircraft in Vilu War Museum
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357:Detailed map of Guadalcanal
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798:Douglas Albert Munro
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382:Guadalcanal campaign
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173:Guadalcanal Province
2143:New Georgia Islands
1924:Indispensable Reefs
1911:Rennell and Bellona
1398:Hakim, Joy (1995).
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973:important bird area
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