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New Georgia

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New Georgia
1. a group of islands in the SW Pacific, in the Solomon Islands
2. the largest island in this group. Area: about 1300 sq. km (500 sq. miles)
New Georgia 

a volcanic island in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Located in Melanesia, it is part of the Solomon Islands and a possession of Great Britain. Area, 1,800 sq km. Population, approximately 15,000 (1966). Along with the adjacent islands, it forms the New Georgia Group with an area of 3,400 sq km. The island has elevations up to 813 m. The climate is hot and humid, and there are evergreen forests. Coconut palms, cacao, and bananas are grown. The principal city is Roviana.
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Four months of this passed, when, the reward having been raised to a thousand sticks, he was caught and sent back to New Georgia and the road-building gang.
South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context
Two months after, they learned from Bowen, commander of the Albemarle, that the debris of shipwrecked vessels had been seen on the coasts of New Georgia.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
Thence, bearing generally south-east and making slow progress in the dead beat to windward, the Ariel dropped anchor in nearly every harbour of the Solomons, from Choiseul and Ronongo islands, to the islands of Kulambangra, Vangunu, Pavuvu, and New Georgia.
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