History of Solomon Islands: Settlement, Colonization, Government, People and Culture, Polynesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, Travel and Tourism

Solomon Islands history. British Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands tourism, Solomon Islands facts, history and culture of Solomon Islands, Solomon Islands eBook , Government, People, Polynesian, Melanesian, Micronesian. Introducing you through the history of the book. The Solomon Islands lie northeast of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean. They are part of a long chain of archipelagos called Melanesia, which stretches from Papua New Guinea in the north to New Caledonia and Fiji in the south. Second largest in the Melanesian chain, the Solomon Islands archipelago covers approximately 310,000 square miles (803,000 square kilometers) of ocean and consists of 10,639 square miles (27,556 square kilometers) of land. There are a total of 992 islands in the Solomon Islands, including the six main islands of New Georgia, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, Guadalcanal, Malaita, and San Cristóbal.