This island group was home to Microgoura meeki, an extinct species of crested pigeon that lived on an island named for Louis XV's foreign minister.
This island group was home to Microgoura meeki, an extinct species of crested pigeon that lived on an island named for Louis XV's foreign minister. A second island in this group was the site of an aborted Spanish colony that resulted in the deaths of both native leader Malope and (*) Alvaro de Mendana, who gave this island group its name. This group's capital is built around the Kukum Highway at the mouth of the Matanikau River east of Point Cruz, which was the site of an ►amphibious invasion led by Alexander Vandegrift also called Operation Watchtower. For 10 points, Choiseul, Nendo, and Guadalcanal are all found in what Pacific nation whose capital is Honiara?
This island group was home to Microgoura meeki, an extinct species of crested pigeon that lived on an island named for Louis XV's foreign minister.
Solomon Islands