Bellona Island

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Bellona is the small island on the left side; Rennell Island's northern end can be seen on the right of the picture. Courtesy NASA.

Bellona Island is an island of the Rennell and Bellona Province, Solomon Islands. Its length is about 10 Km and its average width 2.5 Km. It is almost totally surrounded by 30-70 m high cliffs, comprised primarily of raised coral limestone.

Bellona Island is densely populated and its interior is lush and fertile.

Bellona Island is, like Rennell Island, a Polynesian-inhabited island within the Solomons, where most of the islands are primarily Melanesian with a few Micronesian island provinces. It is thus counted among the Polynesian outliers.

On the western end of the island there are sacred stones, at a place called Matahenua.

This island was named at the beginning of the 19th century after Capt. Edward Gardner's ship Bellona. However, its original name is Mu Ngiki.

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