This article is about the geographic location. For the World War II naval battles, see Battle of Savo Island (disambiguation). For the United States Navy escort carrier, see USS Savo Island (CVE-78).
Topographic map of Savo Island (1968), with heights in meters
Savo Island is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean. Administratively, Savo Island is a part of the Central Province of Solomon Islands. It is about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from the national capital of Honiara. The principal village is Alialia, in the north of the island.[1]
The indigenous language of Savo is the Savosavo language, an East Papuan language. Savo Island also has a minority of Gela speakers.[2]
The waters surrounding the island were the site of five of the seven major naval battles during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Pacific War of World War II. As a result of these battles, many shipwrecks are located southeast of the island; the bay is known as Ironbottom Sound. The wrecks near the coast are very popular with wreck divers.
^David Harcombe: Solomon Islands. a travel survival kit. Lonely Planet, 1988, S. 104: Alialia ... is the island's main centre.
^Stebbins, Tonya; Evans, Bethwyn; Terrill, Angela (2018). "The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 775–894. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
SavoIsland is an island in Solomon Islands in the South Pacific ocean. Administratively, SavoIsland is a part of the Central Province of Solomon Islands...
The Battle of SavoIsland, also known as the First Battle of SavoIsland and in Japanese sources as the First Battle of the Solomon Sea (第一次ソロモン海戦, Dai-ichi-ji...
Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of SavoIsland and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of SavoIsland (サボ島沖海戦), took place on 11–12 October 1942...
the southern end of The Slot between Guadalcanal, SavoIsland, and Florida Island of the Solomon Islands, because of the dozens of ships and planes that...
up Savo, savo, or savó in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Savo may refer to: Savo dialect, forms of the Finnish language spoken in Savonia Savo language...
USS SavoIsland (CVE-78) was the twenty-fourth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...
Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of SavoIsland, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday the 13th, The Night...
under the cover of darkness. For six weeks from the end of the Battle of SavoIsland to the end of September U.S. Navy capital ships and regular destroyers...
was assigned to patrols around the Solomon Islands, New Britain and New Ireland. In the Battle of SavoIsland on 9 August 1942, Cruiser Division 6, the...
found to be offensive. In his semi-official account of the Battle of SavoIsland, a disastrous defeat for the US Navy during World War II, Morison partly...
Fourth Battle of SavoIsland may refer to the following battles during the Guadalcanal Campaign in the Pacific War of World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal...
northwest of SavoIsland. Poor planning and decision-making had allowed Admiral Mikawa's cruisers and destroyers to approach SavoIsland undetected. Failures...
took up patrol station north of SavoIsland and at 0145 on the 9th received word of three enemy ships inside SavoIsland. Soon afterward heavy gunfire was...
of Savo may refer to: Battle of SavoIsland (9 August 1942), between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces Second Battle of SavoIsland or...
Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley VC, KCB, DSC, DL (2 November 1893 – 24 January 1986) was a British naval officer. He was a First World War...
and fifteen transports" off Lunga Point near Tulagi. In the Battle of SavoIsland on August 9, 1942, CruDiv 6, Chōkai, light cruisers Tenryū and Yūbari...
of Savo Sound. Two nights after the initial landings, the US Navy experienced the worst open-water defeat in its history at the Battle of SavoIsland. By...
Battle of Tassafaronga, sometimes referred to as the Fourth Battle of SavoIsland or in Japanese sources as the Battle of Lunga Point (ルンガ沖夜戦, "Night Battle...
commanders The Battle of SavoIsland was part of Guadalcanal Campaign and was fought on 9 August 1942 in the waters around SavoIsland by forces of the Imperial...
under Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, based at Rabaul. In the Battle of SavoIsland on 9 August 1942, the four heavy cruisers of CruDiv 6 (Aoba, Kako, Furutaka...
Pacific Theatre. The landing of the US 1st Marine Division on the beaches of Savo Sound began the unexpectedly long and extremely arduous Guadalcanal Campaign...
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