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517: 40: 60: 1096: 48: 688:, that reached about 500 m (1,640 ft) inland. The airport and low-lying areas were flooded, killing nine people, five of them elderly and one a child. More than 100 houses on the island were damaged, and the water and electricity services were interrupted. It was reported that almost all houses in Nela village were washed away, and some homes in Venga village were shifted by water. 846: 1062: 858: 1084: 664:, including on "Black Cat" night missions. Chemical ordnance stored on Vanikoro Island during World War II was not completely removed until the 1990s. 553: 216: 567:
Navigators from the Santa Cruz islands retained traditional navigation techniques into the 20th century; these techniques were also known by the
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This article is about the Santa Cruz Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. For the Santa Cruz Island off the continental United States, see
1077: 970: 2012: 1973: 361: 296: 30:"Queen Charlotte's Islands" redirects here. For the group of islands in the North Pacific once known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, see 1038: 2017: 1070: 497: 1018: 921: 552:, and returned with documentary film, photographic and audio material. The films that Koch completed are now held by the 1720: 1113: 1100: 995: 427: 889: 744: 2022: 1848: 639: 102:. The term Santa Cruz Islands is sometimes used to encompass all the islands of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. 24: 1651: 673: 611: 785:. Interviews with German anthropologists: The History of Federal German Anthropology post 1945. 20 December 2012 1054: 739:
Dieter Mueller-Dombois, F. Raymond Fosberg: Vegetation of the Tropical Pacific islands. p. 89. Springer 1998.
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The Santa Cruz Islands are less than five million years old and were pushed upward by the
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using traditional navigation techniques by studying wave patterns and made landfall at
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the last still complete Tepukei from the Santa Cruz Islands. In 1971 Koch published
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Historically, the people of Santa Cruz made long-distance ocean-going voyages using
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Terra Australis Incognita; The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land
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Tepukei, an ocean-going outrigger canoe from the Santa Cruz Islands
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were based in Graciosa Bay, with one reportedly sinking at the
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produced a tsunami measuring 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) at
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that indicated the direction in which islands were located.
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Map of "Queen Charlotte's Islands," based on exploration by
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The native languages of the islands are classified as the
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of eastern Solomon Islands including Santa Cruz. In 1966
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picture of Nendö, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands
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Suzanne McFadden and Gerry Mullany (6 February 2013).
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Other islands belonging to the Santa Cruz group are
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Index

Santa Cruz Island
Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)
Haida Gwaii


NASA

Philip Carteret
archipelago
Temotu Province
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands archipelago
Vanuatu
Vanuatu rain forests
ecoregion
Nendö
Lata
Vanikoro
Banie
Teanu
Utupua
Nendö
Lata
10°25′S 165°30′E / 10.417°S 165.500°E / -10.417; 165.500 (Nendö Island)
Vanikoro
Banie
Teanu
Puma
11°39′S 166°54′E / 11.650°S 166.900°E / -11.650; 166.900 (Vanikoro)
Utupua

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