Rennell Island, locally known as Mungava, is the main island of two inhabited islands that make up the Rennell and Bellona Province in the Solomon Islands. Rennell Island has a land area of 660 square kilometers (250 sq mi) that is about 80 kilometers (50 mi) long and 14 kilometers (8.7 mi)wide. It is the second largest upraised coral atoll in the world with the largest lake in the insular Pacific (Lake Tegano) that is listed as a World Heritage Site. Rennell Island has a population of about 3000 persons of Polynesian descent who primarily speak Renbelian, Pigin and some English. Rennell and Bellona Islands are the only islands in the Melanesian Solomon Island archipelago classified Polynesian.
The population of Renbel dates before 1400 AD when clansmen left Uvea (now Wallis Island) and crossed the Pacific ocean to settle on the islands. Captain Butler of HMS Walpole discovered the islands in 1801, after discovering and naming Walpole Island in New Caledonia. In 1933 the Templeton Crocker Expedition discovered several endemic species on the islands. During the Pacific campaign of World War II Japanese Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe floatplanes operated from Lake Tegano until American PBY Catalinas used the lake as a base after 1943.
The Battle of Rennell Island was the last major naval battle of the Guadacanal Campaign which occurred between 29 January 1943 and 30 January 1943. At the end of the war, eight Catalinas were scuttled in the lake and can be seen from the lake surface. Several Danish expeditions later arrived at the islands while researching numerous disciplines.
Located 236 kilometers (147 mi) South of Honiara and 1,900 kilometers (1,200 mi) North East of Brisbane the capital of the Province, Tigoa is located at the Western end of the island.
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Facts
- Native name : Mugaba
- Location : Pacific Ocean
- Coordinates : 11°40′S 160°10′E / 11.667°S 160.167°E / -11.667; 160.167
- Archipelago : Solomon Islands
- Area : 660.1 km2 (254.9 sq mi)
- Length : 80 km (50 mi)
- Width : 14 km (8.7 mi)
- Country : Solomon Islands
- Province : Rennell and Bellona Province
- Largest city : Honiara (pop. 54,600 (2003 est.))
- Population : 1,500 (as of 2000)
- Density : 2.2 /km2 (5.7 /sq mi)
- Ethnic groups : Polynesian 100%
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