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Lost kingdoms ii. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription.There are hot springs on, where a last erupted in the 1840s. Solomon Islands has a number of other volcanoes.
For example, Tinakula in the Santa Cruz group and Kavachi, a submarine volcano near New Georgia, have erupted regularly every few years, and Simbo Island has a (a volcanic area or vent that yields only hot vapours and sulfurous gases). Earthquakes and destructive cyclones also occur regularly. And a subsequent in April 2007 killed several dozen people and displaced thousands; in January 2010 a less-severe series of earthquakes and the tsunami that followed left more than 1,000 people homeless.
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Guadalcanal: Pivotal in World War II. The Pacific island of Guadalcanal is well-known for its pivotal role in World War II, with the classic 'battle of Guadalcanal' becoming forever immortalized in films and books as to turning the tide in favor of the American Allies in the Pacific theater in the early 1940's.
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