Ghizo Island
Ghizo Island lies in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, west of New Georgia and Kolombangara, and is home to the provincial capital, Gizo. The island is named after an infamous local head-hunter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Solomons
- Also known as: “Guizo” and “Keso Island”
- Historically known as: “Gizo Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gizo Government Station.
Gizo Government Station
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gizo is the capital of the Western Province in Solomon Islands. With a population of 7,177, it is the third largest town in the country. It is situated on Ghizo Island approximately 380 kilometres west-northwest of the capital, Honiara, and is just southwest of the larger island of Kolombangara. Gizo Government Station is situated 6 km southeast of Ghizo Island.
Ghizo Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Province, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Ghizo Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ghizo”
- Asturian: “islla de Ghizo”
- Asturian: “Islla de Ghizo”
- Asturian: “islla de Gizo”
- Cebuano: “Ghizo Island”
- Chinese: “Ghizo Tó”
- Chinese: “吉佐岛”
- Chinese: “吉佐島”
- Czech: “Ghizo”
- Czech: “Ostrov Gizo”
- Dutch: “Ghizo”
- French: “Ghizo”
- Galician: “Ghizo”
- German: “Ghizo”
- Japanese: “ギゾ島”
- Korean: “기조섬”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ghizo Tó”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Ghizo”
- Spanish: “Isla de Ghizo”
- Turkish: “Ghizo Adası”
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