Back جزر سانتا كروز Arabic Islles Santa Cruz AST Санта Крус (острови) Bulgarian Inizi Santa Cruz (Salomon) Breton Illes Santa Cruz Catalan Santa Cruz Islands CEB Santa Cruz (souostroví) Czech Santa Cruz-øerne Danish Santa-Cruz-Inseln German Santakrucowe kupy DSB

Santa Cruz Islands

This article is about the Santa Cruz Islands in the western Pacific Ocean. For the Santa Cruz Island off the continental United States, see Santa Cruz Island. For the island of the Galápagos, see Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos).
"Queen Charlotte's Islands" redirects here. For the group of islands in the North Pacific once known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, see Haida Gwaii.

Map of the Santa Cruz Islands
A NASA picture of Nendö, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands
Map of "Queen Charlotte's Islands," based on exploration by Philip Carteret in 1767

The Santa Cruz Islands form an archipelago in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. They lie approximately 250 miles (220 nmi; 400 km) to the southeast of the Solomon Islands archipelago, just north of the archipelago of Vanuatu and are considered part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion. The term Santa Cruz Islands is sometimes used to encompass all the islands of Temotu Province, Solomon Islands.

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