Banika

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Banika is an island located near Mbanika in the Solomon Islands’ Russell Islands group, known for its role as part of a World War II military base area.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Banika canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
geographicalType small island ⓘ
hasEnvironment tropical island environment ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Mbanika-based military installations (historical) ⓘ
historicalSignificance served as support area for Allied bases in the Russell Islands during World War II ⓘ
locatedIn Central Province, Solomon Islands ⓘ
Russell Islands ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Solomon Sea ⓘ
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInRegion Melanesia ⓘ
militaryRole part of World War II military base area ⓘ
nearbyIsland Mbanika ⓘ
partOf Russell Islands group ⓘ
linked to: Russell Islands
partOfArchipelago Solomon Islands archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Islands
partOfIslandGroup Russell Islands ⓘ
region Oceania ⓘ
sovereignState Solomon Islands ⓘ
strategicLocation near Guadalcanal campaign area ⓘ
strategicUse Allied military operations ⓘ
theatreOfWar Pacific War ⓘ
timePeriodOfMilitaryUse 1940s ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
United States military ⓘ
usedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Mbanika → hasNearbyIslands → Banika ⓘ