Ironbottom Sound
"Ironbottom Sound" is the name given by Allied sailors to the stretch of water at the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands, because of the dozens of ships and planes that sank there during the naval actions comprising the Battle of Guadalcanal during 1942–1943.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Ironbottom Sound
- Type: Sound
- Description: World War Two Ship Graveyard
- Categories: strait, sound, and body of water
- Location: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Ironbottom Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Ironbottom Sound” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Ayron-Botton boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Iron Bottom Sound”
- Chinese: “铁底海峡”
- Chinese: “铁底湾”
- Chinese: “鐵底海峽”
- Chinese: “鐵底灣”
- Czech: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Czech: “Průliv se železným dnem”
- Czech: “Sealark Sound”
- Danish: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Dutch: “Ironbottom Sound”
- French: “Ironbottom Sound”
- German: “Eisensund”
- German: “Iron Bottom Sound”
- German: “Ironbottom Sound”
- German: “Savo Sound”
- Hebrew: “איירונבוטום סאונד”
- Japanese: “アイアン・ボトム・サウンド”
- Japanese: “アイアンボトム・サウンド”
- Japanese: “アイアンボトムサウンド”
- Japanese: “鉄底海峡”
- Japanese: “鋼鉄海峡”
- Korean: “아이언바텀 해협”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Norwegian: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Żelaznego Dna”
- Polish: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Portuguese: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Russian: “Айрон-Боттом-Саунд”
- Russian: “Пролив Железное дно”
- Russian: “Пролив Железных днищ”
- Russian: “Пролив с железным дном”
- Serbian: “Теснац са гвозденим дном”
- Serbian: “Тјеснац са гвозденим дном”
- Slovenian: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de la Alondra de mar”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Savo”
- Spanish: “Estrecho del fondo de hierro”
- Spanish: “Estrecho del Fondo de Hierro”
- Spanish: “Ironbottom Sound”
- Spanish: “Sealark Sound”
- Ukrainian: “Айронботтом-Саунд”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Ironbottom Sound”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Valechacha and Talingavatu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ghindu Point and Mahawk Bank.
Solomon Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Guadalcanal, Santa Cruz Islands, Rennell and Bellona, and Auki.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ironbottom Sound”. Photo: Nash Belarus, CC BY-SA 3.0.