Solomon Archipelago
The Solomon Archipelago is a marine ecoregion of the Pacific Ocean. It includes the tropical ocean waters surrounding most of the Solomon Islands, and the waters surrounding the Bougainville, Buka, and Tabar Islands of Papua New Guinea.
According to the WWF/Nature Conservancy system, the Solomon Archipelago is part of the Eastern Coral Triangle marine province of the Central Indo-Pacific marine realm.
The Solomon archipelago has a rich and diverse marine life, including coral reefs and seagrass meadows. The archipelago is part of the Coral Triangle, the region of the western Pacific with world's greatest diversity of corals and coral reef species. The Solomons have 494 species of coral, and 1019 species of reef fish. Dugongs are found in the seagrass meadows and near-shore waters.
