Santa Cruz Islands
Island group in the Solomon Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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.