Papatura Island

Isabel Province | Solomon Islands

Click For EnlargementLarge, flat mangrove island. Located to the north of Rekata Bay and Suavanao.

Prewar
There was a Burns Phillips copra plantation at this location, known as Papatura Plantation. Japanese maintained some limited facilities on the south-western shore, nearest to Rekata Bay.

 

 
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