Taro Island
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Taro Island is a small island
in the Solomon Islands
with 507 inhabitants, capital of Choiseul Province
and is located in Choiseul Bay
off the northwest coast.
Taro Island is home to the Choiseul Bay Airport
, served by Solomon Airlines
with flights to Gizo and other destinations.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
with 507 inhabitants, capital of Choiseul Province
Choiseul Province
The Choiseul Province is one of the nine provinces of the Solomon Islands. It lies between the island of Bougainville and Santa Isabel in the west of the Solomon Islands....
and is located in Choiseul Bay
Choiseul Bay
Choiseul Bay is a bay in the northwestern part of Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands, at ....
off the northwest coast.
Taro Island is home to the Choiseul Bay Airport
Choiseul Bay Airport
Choiseul Bay Airport is an airport at Choiseul Bay on Taro Island, part of the Choiseul Province in the Solomon Islands.The airport has scheduled flights provided by Solomon Airlines, using DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft....
, served by Solomon Airlines
Solomon Airlines
Solomon Airlines is the national airline of the Solomon Islands, based in Honiara.- History :Solomon Airlines was established in 1962 as a charter airline by Laurie Crowley. Crowley had been flying around Papua New Guinea when he started to fly charter flights on a single Piper Aztec plane to the...
with flights to Gizo and other destinations.