Islands of the Solomon Islands

Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomons by area and the second-largest by population (after Malaita). The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous hinterland.

archipelago in the South Pacific

island group in the Pacific Ocean

Malaita is the primary island of Malaita Province in Solomon Islands. Malaita is the most populous island of the Solomon Islands, with a population of 161,832 as of 2021, or more than a third of the entire national population. It is also the second largest island in the country by area, after Guadalcanal.

Tulagi (less commonly known as Tulaghi) is a small island in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule. The town of Tulagi is the capital of the Central Province.

island in Solomon Islands

island in the Solomon Islands

island in the Solomon Islands

Anuta is a small volcanic island in the province of Temotu in the southeastern part of Solomon Islands. It is one of the smallest permanently inhabited Polynesian islands. It is one of the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia.

The island of Makira (previously known as San Cristóbal) is the largest island of Makira-Ulawa Province in Solomon Islands. It is third most populous of the Solomon Islands after Malaita and Guadalcanal, with a population of 55,126 as of 2020. The island is located east of Guadalcanal and south of Malaita. The largest and capital city is Kirakira.

Tikopia is a volcanic island in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Although most of Solomon Islands is Melanesian, Tikopia is culturally Polynesian. Its remoteness has enabled much of its culture to persist. One overview calls it "arguably the most thoroughly documented small-scale society in the ethnographic record".

island and mountain in Solomon Islands

island group in Solomon Islands

Kolombangara (sometimes spelled Kulambangara) is an island in the New Georgia Islands group of the nation state of Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The name is from a local language, a rough translation of its meaning is "Water Lord" with approximately 80 rivers and streams running down its flanks.

island group

Mer des Salomon

island in the Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands island group

two small islands plus islets in the Central Province of Solomon Islands

Vangunu is an island, part of the New Georgia Islands in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It is located between New Georgia and Nggatokae Island. To the north and east of the island is Marovo Lagoon. The island has an area of .

Vanikoro (sometimes wrongly named Vanikolo) is an island in the Santa Cruz group, located to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group. It is part of the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands.

human settlement

island in the Solomon Islands

thumb|300px|Landsat image of Fatutaka thumb|300px|1943 drawing of the island, as seen from the east at a distance of 12 km thumb|300px Fatutaka, Fatu Taka or Patu Taka (also known as Fataka and Mitre Island) is a small volcanic island in Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands, south-west Pacific Ocean. The easternmost island in Solomon Islands, Fatutaka is located southeast of Anuta and can be seen from there in clear weather. Fatutaka and Anuta were discovered for Europeans by Admiral Edward Edwards in 1791.

thumb|right|Landsat composite image of the southwestern New Georgia Islands Ranongga is an island located in the New Georgia Islands group of Western Province, Solomon Islands.

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

island in the Solomons

thumb|upright=1.35 thumb|right|upright=1.35|Utupua from space. Courtesy NASA thumb|upright=1.35|1968 map of Utupua Island thumb|upright=1.35|First map of Tapoua (1876) Utupua is an island in the Santa Cruz Islands, located 66 km to the Southeast of the main Santa Cruz group, between Vanikoro and Santa Cruz proper (Nendö). This island belongs administratively to the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands.

island group in Pacific ocean

island in Western Province, Solomon Islands

island group in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands

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Simbo is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. It was known to early Europeans as Eddystone Island. The islanders have their unique language spoken nowhere else.

island in Solomon Islands, near Bougainville

small island in Western Province, Solomon Islands

Tanambogo is a small island in the Central Province of Solomon Islands in the Nggela Islands group, which was also known as the Florida Islands under the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and during World War II.

island

Gavutu is a small islet in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, some in length. It is one of the Nggela Islands.

right|thumb|300px|Map of the Reef Islands Pileni is a culturally important island in the Reef Islands, Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. Despite its location in Melanesia, the population of the islands is Polynesian.

island in the eastern part of Solomon Islands

largest island of the Treasury Islands, Solomon Islands

Pavuvu is the largest of the Russell Islands in Central Province, Solomon Islands. It is located northwest of Guadalcanal. The area is . The largest village is Nukufero on the north coast.

island

island in the Solomon Islands

island in the Solomons

island in Solomon Islands

island in the Solomon Islands

thumb|Location of the island in the New Georgia Group Vonavona is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands. Alternative local names and spellings of the island are Parara and Wanawana. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is some . Vonavona borders Ferguson Passage to the west, Arundel Island to the east, and the island of Kolombangara to the north.

Owariki or Owa rigi (formerly Santa Catalina) is an island in Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands.

Fenualoa is the second largest island in the Reef Islands, in Temotu Province, in the nation of Solomon Islands.

thumb|right|300px|Taumako and Tahua

Owaraha or Owa Raha (also known as Santa Ana) is an island in Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands.

island in Solomon Islands

island in Solomon Islands

island in Solomon Islands

thumb|300px|Mbava in the New Georgia Islands, at left Mbava (also called Baga) is an island in Western Province, Solomon Islands.

Island in Solomon Islands

Nukapu is one of the islands of the nation of Solomon Islands. It is in the Reef Islands group in Temotu Province; the easternmost province of the Solomons. The estimated terrain elevation above sea level is 15 metres.

island in the Solomon Islands

Tavanipupu is an island in the Solomon Islands. It is located in Marau Sound, at the eastern end of Guadalcanal, between Towara'o Island and Marapa Island, and is part of Guadalcanal Province.