Canal du Segond

Canal du Segond, also known as Canal Pekoa and in English Segond Channel, literally "Second Channel," separates the island of Aore from the city of Luganville on main island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.^[1][2]

F4U Corsair over Segond Channel, March 1944

Southern Espiritu Santo showing Segond Channel

The channel was the location of the United States Navy's Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo during World War II.^[3] The channel was a major anchorage for vessels during the war.^[4]

References

1. "Canal du Segond: Vanuatu". U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (replicated by ITA). 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
2. "Canal du Segond, Sanma Province, Vanuatu". Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
3. Building the Navy's Bases in World War II. History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1947. pp. 228–230. LCCN 48045903. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
4. Harper, Paul A.; Downs, Wilbur C.; Oman, Paul W.; Levine, Norman D. "VIII New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Saint Matthias Group, and Ryuhyu Islands". Communicable Diseases — Malaria. Preventive medicine in World War II. Vol. VI. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Dept. of the Army. p. 406. LCCN 55063522. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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