Santa Cruz Islands

Santa Cruz Islands
a group of islands in the SW Pacific Ocean, part of the Solomon Islands. 380 sq. mi. (984 sq. km).

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▪ islands, Solomon Islands
      volcanic group of islands in the country of Solomon Islands, southwestern Pacific Ocean, 345 miles (555 km) east of Guadalcanal. The main islands are Nendö (also called Ndeni Island or Santa Cruz Island), Utupua, Vanikolo, and Tinakula. Nendö is 25 miles (40 km) long and 14 miles (22 km) wide, with heavily wooded slopes rising to 1,800 feet (550 metres). The Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira tried to form a colony there in 1595. In 1942 an Allies-Japanese sea battle was fought near the islands.

      From the early to the mid-20th century, kauri pine timber was cut on the islands and shipped to Australia. Copra is now the chief export. The inhabitants are primarily Melanesian (Melanesian culture), with a small Polynesian minority.

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