where is this mentioned island located?
Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: "Isatabu") is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia.
what is guadalcanal campaign? A military campaign on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II
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Guadalcanal [SEP] Introduction
Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: "Isatabu") is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the second by population (after Malaita). The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior. Guadalcanal's discovery by westerners was under the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The name comes from the village of Guadalcanal, in the province of Seville, in Andalusia, Spain, birthplace of Pedro de Ortega Valencia, a member of Mendaña's expedition. During 1942–43, it was the scene of the Guadalcanal Campaign and saw bitter fighting between Japanese and US troops.