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Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal
(indigenous name:
Isatabu
) is the principal island in
Guadalcanal Province
of the nation of
Solomon Islands
in the
south-western Pacific
, northeast of
Australia
. It was discovered by the Spanish expedition of
Álvaro de Mendaña
in 1568. The name comes from
Guadalcanal
, a village in the province of
Seville
, in
Andalusia
, Spain, birthplace of Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a member of Mendaña's expedition.
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