Matanikau

Matanikau
En amerikansk patrulje krydser Matanikau i september 1942
Udspring	Guadalcanal
Udmunding	Ironbottom Sound

Matanikau er en flod på Guadalcanal i Salomonøerne. Den ligger i den nordvestlige del af øen. Under slaget om Guadalcanal i Stillehavskrigen under 2. verdenskrig blev der udkæmpet flere betydelige kampe mellem styrker fra USA og Japan ved floden.

Henvisninger

• Wikimedia Commons har flere filer relateret til Matanikau

• "Matanikau River" (på Spanish). La Tierra. www.tutiempo.net. 1993. http://www.tutiempo.net/Tierra/Islas-Salomon/Matanikau-River-BP005191.html. Hentet 2007-01-26. 
• Anderson, Charles R. (1993). "GUADALCANAL" (brochure). United States Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/72-8/72-8.htm. Hentet 2006-07-09. 
• Cagney, James (2005). "The Battle for Guadalcanal" (javascript). HistoryAnimated.com. http://www.historyanimated.com/GuadalcanalPage.html. Hentet 2006-05-17. - Interactive animation of the battle
• Chen, C. Peter (2004 - 2006). "Guadalcanal Campaign". World War II Database. http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=9. Hentet 2006-05-17. 
• Flahavin, Peter (2004). "Guadalcanal Battle Sites, 1942-2004". http://www.guadalcanal.homestead.com/index.html. Hentet 2006-08-02. - Web site with many pictures of Guadalcanal battle sites from 1942 and how they look now.
• Hoffman, Jon T. (1995). "Matanikau" (brochure). FROM MAKIN TO BOUGAINVILLE: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War. Marine Corps Historical Center. http://www.nps.gov/archive/wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003130-00/sec8.htm. Hentet 2006-12-28. 
• Hough, Frank O.. "Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal". History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/I/index.html. Hentet 2006-05-16. 
• Miller, John Jr. (1949). "GUADALCANAL: THE FIRST OFFENSIVE". UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II. United States Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/GuadC/GC-fm.htm. Hentet 2006-07-04. 
• Shaw, Henry I. (1992). "First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal". Marines in World War II Commemorative Series. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Guadalcanal/index.html. Hentet 2006-07-25. 
• Zimmerman, John L. (1949). "The Guadalcanal Campaign". Marines in World War II Historical Monograph. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html. Hentet 2006-07-04. 

9°26′5″S, 159°58′1″E