Choiseul Island

Choiseul

Topographic map of Choiseul
Choiseul Island (off the coast of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea)
Geography
Location	Solomon Islands
Coordinates	7°05′S 157°00′E / 7.08°S 157.0°E / -7.08; 157.0Coordinates: 7°05′S 157°00′E / 7.08°S 157.0°E / -7.08; 157.0
Area	2,971 km2 (1,147.1 sq mi)
Country
Solomon Islands
Province	Choiseul Province

Choiseul Island seen from space

Choiseul in the Solomon Islands and neighbouring islands

Choiseul Island, native name Lauru^[1], is the largest island (2 971 km²) of the Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands, at 7°05′S 157°00′E / 7.08°S 157°E / -7.08; 157.

Description

This island is named after Étienne François, duc de Choiseul.

Choiseul was visited by Austrian anthropologist and photographer Hugo Bernatzik in 1932. Bernatzik documented some of the few remaining ancestral customs of the island people which are included in an ethnography that he published a few years later. He also took some photographs of the islanders and brought back a stone urn with carvings, reflecting a culture that he deemed was dying in contact with the modern world.^[2]

The administrative headquarters of Choiseul Province is situated in the town of Taro.

See also

• Raid on Choiseul

References

1. ^ Hugo Bernatzik, Südsee; ein Reisebuch, first edition Leipzig 1934
2. ^ Hugo Bernatzik, Owa Raha. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Vienna / Zürich / Prague, 1936