Coordinates: 6°51′S 156°11′E / 6.850°S 156.183°E / -6.850; 156.183

Cyprian Bridge Island

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File:Solomon Islands 1989.jpg
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).[1][2][3]

Naming

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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

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