Roviana Lagoon

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Roviana Lagoon is a large coastal lagoon in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, known for its rich marine biodiversity and as the cultural heartland of the Roviana-speaking people.

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Label Occurrences
Roviana Lagoon canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal lagoon
geographical feature
climate tropical
country Solomon Islands
culturalHeartlandOf Roviana-speaking people
governedBy customary marine tenure systems
hasArchaeologicalSignificance fortified hill sites
prehistoric settlement sites
shell midden deposits
hasConservationIssue climate-change-related coral bleaching
habitat degradation
overfishing
hasCoordinateRegion southwestern Solomon Islands NERFINISHED
hasCulturalFeature ancestral shrines
sacred sites
traditional war-canoe history
hasEcosystemType lagoonal coral reef ecosystem
tropical marine ecosystem
hasNearbyIsland Hombupeka Island NERFINISHED
Kindu Island NERFINISHED
Kohinggo Island NERFINISHED
Lola Island NERFINISHED
Sasamungga area islands NERFINISHED
hasNearbySettlement Lambete NERFINISHED
Munda NERFINISHED
Noro NERFINISHED
hasResearchActivity anthropological studies
archaeological studies
marine biology studies
inhabitedBy Roviana people NERFINISHED
knownFor coral reef systems
cultural significance to Roviana people
mangrove forests
rich marine biodiversity
seagrass beds
traditional fishing practices
languageCommunity Roviana language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Melanesia
South Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
Western Province NERFINISHED
locatedOn New Georgia Island NERFINISHED
partOf New Georgia Islands NERFINISHED
timeZone UTC+11
usedFor dive tourism
eco-tourism
small-scale commercial fishing
subsistence fishing

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roviana language primaryArea Roviana Lagoon
New Georgia hasNearbyWaterBody Roviana Lagoon
Tetepare nearbyWaterBody Roviana Lagoon