Kolombangara
Kolombangara 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the New Georgia Islands group of the Solomon Islands
- Also known as: “Kulambangra”, “Ndughore”, and “Nduke”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Veve.
Mount Veve
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mount Veve is an extinct volcano on the island of Kolombangara, in the Solomon Islands. With an elevation of 1,768 metres, it is the island's highest point. Mount Veve is situated 3 km north of Kolombangara.
Kolombangara
- Categories: volcanic island and landform
- Location: Honiara, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Kolombangara” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kolombangara”
- Bulgarian: “Коломбангара”
- Cebuano: “Kolombangara Island”
- Chinese: “Kolombangara”
- Chinese: “科隆班加拉島”
- Czech: “Kolombangara”
- Dutch: “Kolombangara”
- Esperanto: “Kolombangara”
- Finnish: “Kolombangara”
- French: “Kolombangara”
- Galician: “Kolombangara”
- Georgian: “კოლომბანგარა”
- German: “Kolombangara”
- Indonesian: “Kolombangara”
- Italian: “Kolombangara”
- Japanese: “コロンバンガラ島”
- Korean: “콜롬방가라섬”
- Lithuanian: “Kolombangara”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kolombangara”
- Persian: “کلومبانگارا”
- Polish: “Kolombangara”
- Portuguese: “Kolombangara”
- Russian: “Коломбангара”
- Spanish: “Kolombangara”
- Swedish: “Kolombangara”
- Turkish: “Kolombangara”
- Ukrainian: “Коломбангара”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Rano and Mount Tapalamenggutu.
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