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Rendova is an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, east of Papua New Guinea.

Rendova

NASA image of Rendova
Geography
Location	South Pacific
Coordinates	8°32′00″S 157°20′00″E
Archipelago	New Georgia Islands
Area	411.3 km2 (158.8 sq mi)
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Highest elevation	1,050 m (3440 ft)
Administration
Solomon Islands
Province	Western Province
Demographics
Population	3,679 (1999 estimate)

Geography

Rendova Island is a roughly rectangularly-shaped island, located in the South Pacific in the New Georgia Islands. The length of the island is about 40 kilometers. To the north is the island of New Georgia and to the east is the island of Vangunu. Rendova is a volcanic island, with a central stratovolcano cone, with a height of 1,050 metres (3,440 ft) which last erupted in the Pleistocene; however, the island is subject to frequent earthquakes. The island is surrounded in some places by a coral reef. The climate on Rendova is wet and tropical, and the island is subject to frequent cyclones.

Flora and fauna

The black-sand beaches along the southwest coast of Rendova are important nesting grounds for the critically endangered leatherback turtle.[1] Community-based conservation organisation, the Tetepare Descendants' Association, runs a leatherback conservation program in the villages of Baniata, Havilla and Retavo on this coastline.[1]

Population

In 1999, the population of Rendova was estimated at 3,679 people. There are two indigenous languages spoken on Rendova Island: the Austronesian language Ughele in the north, and the Papuan language Touo in the south.

History

On March 15, 1893, Rendova was declared part of the British Solomon Islands protectorate. The island was occupied by the Empire of Japan in the early stages of World War II. On June 30, 1943, Allied forces carried out the landings on Rendova which quickly overcame the 300-man Japanese garrison as part of a strategy to ultimately recapture Munda and its airfield on the island of New Georgia. The island was subsequently used as a base by the United States Navy for PT boat operations. Solomon Islanders Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana paddled their dugout canoe 35 miles (60 km) to reach the base and deliver a message inscribed on a coconut from then-Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy after his PT boat, PT 109, was run down by the Japanese destroyer HIJMS Amagiri and he and his crew were stranded on one of the local islands.[2][3]

Since 1978, the island has been part of the independent state of the Solomon Islands

In popular culture

Rendova is the setting for the 2002 humorous book Solomon Time by Will Randall, about a British school teacher who moves to a village on Rendova to help organise a community project.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rendova.

• http://www.tetepare.org/
• Global Volcanism Project

На других языках

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[de] Rendova

Rendova ist eine Insel des New-Georgia-Archipels in der Western-Provinz der Salomonen. Sie hat eine Fläche von 411 km² und der höchste Punkt hat eine Höhe von 1060 m über dem Meer.[1]

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- [en] Rendova Island

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[es] Rendova

Rendova es una isla del archipiélago de las islas Salomón perteneciente a la provincia occidental de las Islas Salomón.[1] Es una isla de origen volcánico con una extensión de 411 km²,[1] que está ubicada en el grupo de Nueva Georgia,[1] al sur de Nueva Georgia y al oeste de Tetepare.

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[fr] Rendova

Rendova est une île de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Géorgie, située dans la province occidentale des Salomon.

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[it] Isola di Rendova

L'isola di Rendova fa parte delle Isole della Nuova Georgia, nell'arcipelago delle Salomone, nell'Oceano Pacifico, ad est di Papua Nuova Guinea. Gli abitanti della parte settentrionale dell'isola di Rendova parlano l'Ughele, un dialetto austronesiano, mentre quelli della zona meridionale parlano il Touo, un dialetto papuasico-orientale.

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[ru] Рендова

Рендова (англ. Rendova) — вулканический остров в группе островов Нью-Джорджия в архипелаге Соломоновы острова[1]. Административно входит в состав Западной провинции меланезийского государства Соломоновы Острова.

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