Jump to content

Kokumbona

Coordinates: 9°25′38″S 159°54′52″E / 9.42722°S 159.91444°E

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Kokumbona" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Kokumbona (also Kakambona) is a village on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

It was a Japanese base during World War II and the site of a United States Marine Corps amphibious landing on 19 August 1942.

Located on Guadalcanal's north coast, it is west of Honiara.

References

9°25′38″S 159°54′52″E / 9.42722°S 159.91444°E / -9.42722; 159.91444

This Solomon Islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kokumbona&oldid=1256993093"

Hidden categories: