Bougainville Strait

Bougainville Strait separates Choiseul Island from Bougainville Island, the next to the northward. It was first passed through in 1768 by Louis Antoine de Bougainville. A British naval officer lieutenant Shortland sailed through it in 1788, giving the name of Treasury Islands to the numerous islands, lying in the strait.^[1]

Note

^ Findlay, Alexander George (1851). A directory for the navigation of the Pacific ocean. R.H. Laurie. p. 1012. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

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6°24′S 156°06′E / 6.40°S 156.10°E / -6.40; 156.10

[1] Findlay, Alexander George (1851). A directory for the navigation of the Pacific ocean. R.H. Laurie. p. 1012. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)

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