South Pacific's Island Paradise
Solomon Islands
It consists of a
double chain of volcanic islands
and
coral atolls
in
Melanesia
.
The country gets its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which includes the North Solomon Islands (part of Papua New Guinea).
It is directly adjacent to
Papua New Guinea
to
the northwest
,
Australia
to the
northeast
,
New Caledonia
and
Vanuatu to the southeast.
Honiara
, the
capital
, is located on the largest island, Guadalcanal.