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Santa Isabel Island

Also known as Isabel

Santa Isabel is one of the largest islands of the Solomon Islands, lying north-west of Guadalcanal. The Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña named it in 1568. Part of the German Solomon Islands, it was transferred to Britain under an agreement of 1899, taking effect in 1900, and it now forms Isabel Province.

Santa Isabel Island
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British Solomon Islands Protectorate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Santa Isabel Island. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/santa-isabel-island
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