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Island in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands
Islands and provinces of Solomon Islands in 1989 (click to enlarge).

Cyprian Bridge Island is a small, uninhabited, volcanic island in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands. It lies at latitude 6.85°S and longitude 156.18333°E, between the islands of Fauro (about 11 km to the southwest) and Choiseul (a much larger island about 30 km to the east-northeast).

Naming

The island is named after then Major Cyprian Bridge (1807-1885) a British army officer, particularly famed for his activities in the Flagstaff War against the Māori in New Zealand in 1845. He was the uncle of Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge (1839-1924) who was the head of British Naval Intelligence.

See also

References

  1. Sailing Directions for the Pacific Islands (2 ed.). U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office. 1964. p. 177. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  2. Van der Veur, Paul W. (December 6, 2012). Documents and Correspondence on New Guinea's Boundaries. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 68. ISBN 9789401537063. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. "Cyprian Bridge Island: Solomon Islands". Geographic Names. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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6°51′S 156°11′E / 6.850°S 156.183°E / -6.850; 156.183

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