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Coordinates: 09°48′16″S 160°50′36″E / 9.80444°S 160.84333°E / -9.80444; 160.84333
  
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Marau Sound is a soundinSolomon Islands; it is located at the eastern end of Guadalcanal Island, in Guadalcanal Province.[1]

In 1896 a large and profitable trading station was established on Tavanipupu (Crawford) Island in Marau Sound. It is now the site of the Tavanipupu Resort, which was visited by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in 2012.[2][3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Marau Sound". UC San Diego Library. US Navy Hydrographic Office. February 1941. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  • ^ Lawrence, David Russell (28 October 2014). The Naturalist and His 'beautiful Islands': Charles Morris Woodford in the Western Pacific. Canberra: ANU Press. p. 52. ISBN 9781925022025.
  • ^ Chenu, Mal (April 2016). "Tavanipupu Private Island Resort, Solomon Islands: The South Pacific's best kept secret". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2017.

    • 09°48′16″S 160°50′36″E / 9.80444°S 160.84333°E / -9.80444; 160.84333

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