What the records say
- When
- May 1895 – Dec 1899
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 6.80° S, 156.50° E
- Names
- German Solomon Islands
- Region
- 5
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
North Solomon Islands
Island group in Western Pacific
The North Solomon Islands form a geographical area covering the more northerly group of islands in the Solomon Islands archipelago and includes Bougainville and Buka Islands, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, the Shortland Islands and Ontong Java Atoll. In 1885 Germany declared a protectorate over these islands forming the German Solomon Islands Protectorate.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation