Balalae Island
Solomon Islands
Balalae Island has 10 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 10 of the most distinctive.
Operation Vengeance
Connects Balalae Island to: Rabaul
Japanese war crimes
Connects Balalae Island to: South Korea | Shanghai, East China
Buka Island
Connects Balalae Island to: Arawa, Papua New Guinea | Choiseul Province | Kieta | North Bougainville District
Isoroku Yamamoto
Connects Balalae Island to: Niigata Prefecture | Rabaul | Nagaoka, Japan | Cold Bay, Alaska
Battle of Singapore
Connects Balalae Island to: Singapore | Malta | Tobruk, Libya | Sembawang, Singapore
Prisoner of War
Connects Balalae Island to: Tyler, Texas | London Borough of Enfield, England | Wizna, Poland | Shalimar, Florida | Oneonta, Alabama
Bougainville Island
Connects Balalae Island to: Solomon Islands | Rabaul | Arawa, Papua New Guinea | Choiseul Province | Kieta
Admiral
Connects Balalae Island to: Chilean Antarctic Territory | Gwadar, Pakistan | Medan, Indonesia | Coronado, California | Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Imperial Japanese Navy
Connects Balalae Island to: Shandong | Taiwan | Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | South Kalimantan | Pontianak, Indonesia
Second World War
Connects Balalae Island to: Lviv, Ukraine | Liverpool, England | São Paulo, Brazil | Veneto | Albania