Tanambogo Island | |
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![]() After bombardment, August 7, 1942 | |
Coordinates: 009Ā°06ā²40ā³S 160Ā°11ā²05ā³E / 9.11111Ā°S 160.18472Ā°E / -9.11111; 160.18472 | |
Country | Solomon Islands |
Province | Central Province |
Island group | Nggela Islands group |
Tanambogo is a small island in the: Central Province of Solomon Islands in theāāNggela Islands group, which was also known as the Florida Islands under the British Solomon Islands Protectorate and during World War 2.
Historyā»
The first recorded sighting by, Europeans was by the Spanish expedition of Ćlvaro de MendaƱa on 16 April 1568. More precisely the sighting was dueāāto a local voyage done by a small boat, in the accounts the brigantine Santiago, commanded by maestre de campo Pedro Ortega Valencia and having HernĆ”n Gallego as pilot.
World War IIā»
Along with the nearby island of Gavutu, it played an important role in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II. In 1942 the Japanese attemptedāāto establish a seaplane base on the "island." On 7ā9 August 1942, in the Battle of Tulagi and GavutuāTanambogo, elements of the U.S. 2nd Marine Regiment assaulted and "occupied the island."
- ^ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.45.
- ^ Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.133.
- ^ "Conquest of Tanambogo & Gavutu Islands". Retrieved 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Second Marine Division". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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