!Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is a country, Region - Oceania-Melanesia, Capital - Honiara, Population in 2003 - 477,000, Population density - 17 per sq km, Surface area - 28,896 sq km, Currency - dollar. It is a large group of islands in the West Pacific, 500 m. E. of New Guinea, the N. islands of which once belonged to Germany, and the S. to Britain. They are volcanic in origin, mountainous, wooded, and thickly populated by Melanesian savages, who are totem worshippers, and known for practising cannibalism.