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Bellona Island is an island of the Rennell and Bellona Province, in the Solomon Islands. Its length is about 10 km (6.2 mi) and its average width 2.5 km (1.6 mi). Its area is about 17 km² (6.6 sq mi). It is almost totally surrounded by 30–70 m (100–230 ft) high cliffs, consisting primarily of raised coral limestone.

Bellona

Bellona
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	11.30°S 159.80°E / -11.30; 159.80
Archipelago	Solomon Islands
Area	17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Length	10 km (6 mi)
Width	2.5 km (1.55 mi)
Administration
Solomon Islands
Province	Rennell and Bellona

Population

Bellona Island is densely populated and its interior is lush and fertile. There are three districts namely Matangi, Ghongau and Ngango. Each district has manaha (tribes) except for Ghongau district, which has two sub-districts; Nguutuanga Bangitakungu and Ngutuanga Bangika'ango. There are many villages on Bellona Island:

• Matahenua/Matamoana (west)
• Honga'ubea
• Tongomainge
• Ngotokanaba
• Pauta
• Ngongona
• Gongau
• Ahenoa
• Matangi
• NukuTonga (East)

Bellona Island is, like Rennell Island, a Polynesian-inhabited island within the Solomons, where most of the islands are primarily Melanesian with a few Micronesian island provinces. It is thus counted among the Polynesian outliers. The nearby Bellona Shoals were the site of several shipwrecks.[1] On the western end of the island there were sacred stone-gods, at a place called Ngabenga- west Bellona. The stone-gods were destroyed by Seventh-day Adventist missionaries in 1938. This island was named at the beginning of the 19th century after Capt. Lord Rennell's ship Bellona. However, its original name is Mungiki.

See also

• Polynesian outliers
• British Solomon Islands

Literature

• Subsistence on Bellona Island (Mungiki): A Study of the Cultural Ecology of a Polynesian Outlier in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate by Sofus Christiansen. Publisher: Aarhus University Press, Pub. Date: January 1975, ISBN 978-87-480-0090-2

References

External links

• pictures
• Cultural Ecology
• Beliefs and Rites of Pre-Christian Bellona
• Map of Bellona Island
• Bellona Travel Guide

На других языках

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[de] Bellona (Insel)

Bellona, polynesisch Mu Ngiki, ist eine kleine Insel des westpazifischen Inselstaats Salomonen. Sie liegt 175 km südlich von Guadalcanal und 220 km südwestlich von San Cristobal (Makira).

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- [en] Bellona Island

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[es] Isla Bellona

Bellona es una isla de la provincia de Rennell y Bellona, en las Islas Salomón, en el océano Pacífico. Tiene una longitud de unos 10 kilómetros y una anchura media de unos 2,5 kilómetros. Está rodeada casi en su totalidad por acantilados de unos 30-70 metros de altura y está compuesta principalmente de caliza, formada a partir de corales.

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[fr] Bellona (île)

Bellona est une île de la province de Rennell et Bellona, dans les Salomon. Elle fait 17 km2. Presque entièrement entourée de falaises de 30 à 70 m de haut, cet atoll surélevé est composé de corail. Il comporte dix villages :

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[it] Bellona (Isole Salomone)

Bellona è un'isola della Provincia di Rennell e Bellona delle Isole Salomone. La sua lunghezza è circa 10 chilometri e la sua larghezza media è di 2,5 chilometri, ha un'area di circa 17 km² ed è quasi completamente circondata da scogliere coralline alte 30 - 70 metri.

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[ru] Беллона (остров)

Беллона (англ. Bellona Island; традиционное название — Мунгики, англ. Mungiki[1]) — остров в Тихом океане, являющийся частью меланезийского государства Соломоновых Островов. Административно входит в состав провинции Реннелл и Беллона.

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