Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands archipelago is an island group in the western South Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. The archipelago is in the subregion and bioregion of and forms the eastern boundary of the Solomon Sea.
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Latitude
-8° or 8° south
Longitude
159° east
Open location code
6R4X2222+22
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In Other Languages

From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Solomon Islands” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Solomon Island”
  • Arabic: “جزر سليمان”
  • Armenian: “Սողոմոնյան կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “archipiélagu de les Islles Salomón”
  • Asturian: “Islles Salomón”
  • Belarusian: “Саламонавы астравы”
  • Bulgarian: “Архипелаг Соломонови острови”
  • Bulgarian: “Архипелага Соломонови острови”
  • Bulgarian: “Соломонови острови”
  • Bulgarian: “Соломоновите острови”
  • Catalan: “Arxipèlag de Salomó”
  • Catalan: “Illes Salomó”
  • Catalan: “Illes Solomon”
  • Cebuano: “Solomon Islands (kapuloan sa Papua New Guinea)”
  • Cebuano: “Solomon Islands”
  • Chinese: “所罗门群岛”
  • Chinese: “所羅門群島”
  • Chinese: “索羅門群島 (群島)”
  • Chinese: “索羅門群島”
  • Czech: “Šalamounovy ostrovy”
  • Czech: “Šalomounovy ostrovy”
  • Dutch: “Salomonseilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Salomonoj”
  • Estonian: “Saalomoni saared”
  • Finnish: “Salomonin saaristo”
  • French: “Archipel des Salomon”
  • French: “Archipel des Salomons”
  • French: “Îles Salomon”
  • Galician: “Arquipélago das illas Salomón”
  • Georgian: “სოლომონის არქიპელაგი”
  • German: “Salomon-Inseln”
  • Guarani: “Ypaꞌũ Salomõnguéra”
  • Hebrew: “איי שלמה (ארכיפלג)”
  • Hebrew: “איי שלמה”
  • Hungarian: “Salamon-szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Solomon”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Sholaimh”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Sholomón”
  • Italian: “Arcipelago delle Isole Salomone”
  • Italian: “isole Salomone”
  • Japanese: “ソロモン諸島”
  • Kazakh: “Соломон аралдары (архипелаг)”
  • Kazakh: “Соломон аралдары”
  • Latvian: “Zālamana salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Saliamono salynas”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Salomonske kupy”
  • Marathi: “सॉलोमन द्वीपसमूह”
  • Mingrelian: “სოლომონიშ არქიპელაგი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Salomon Eilunen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Salomonøyene - øygruppe”
  • Persian: “جزایر سلیمان (مجمع‌الجزایر)”
  • Persian: “جزایر سلیمان”
  • Polish: “Archipelag Salomona”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Salomona”
  • Portuguese: “Arquipélago das Ilhas Salomão”
  • Russian: “Соломоновы острова”
  • Slovak: “Šalamúnové ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Salomonovi otoki”
  • Spanish: “Archipiélago de las islas Salomón”
  • Spanish: “Islas Salomón”
  • Swedish: “Salomonöarna”
  • Swiss German: “Salomon-Inseln”
  • Swiss German: “Salomon-Insle”
  • Turkish: “Solomon Takımadaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Соломонові острови”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Salomonske kupy”
  • Urdu: “جزائر سلیمان”
  • Uzbek: “Solomon orollari”
  • Western Mari: “Соломон ошмаотывлӓ”
  • Wu Chinese: “所罗门群岛(群岛)”
  • Wu Chinese: “所罗门群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “所羅門群島 (群島)”
  • Yue Chinese: “所羅門群島”

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