Makira

Makira, also known as San Cristóbal, is a mountainous island at the southeastern end of the main Solomon Islands chain. Its forests and rivers reach down towards a coast facing Ulawa, Malaita and the open Pacific. The Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña reached the island in 1568 and named it San Cristóbal. Its communities had their own languages and sea connections with neighbouring islands.