Santa Cruz Islands
Americanplural noun
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Researchers used information from national and naval archives to find the ship, as well as action reports from other vessels involved in the fateful Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in 1943.
From Fox News ● Feb. 12, 2019
The earthquake struck around 11 a.m. local time in the Santa Cruz Islands.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2013
He dropped anchor first at Botany Bay, visited the Tonga Islands and New Caledonia, headed toward the Santa Cruz Islands, and put in at Nomuka, one of the islands in the Ha'apai group.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
While he lay at Hobart on his way to New Zealand, the captain heard of Dillon's discoveries, and, at once changing his plans, sailed for the Santa Cruz Islands.
From Laperouse by Ernest Scott
The Santa Cruz Islands lie 116° east and 11° south.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Felix Speiser
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