Kasolo
| Kasolo ( Kennedy Island ) | ||
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| Archipelago | New Georgia Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 6 '46 " S , 156 ° 54' 20" E | |
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| length | 75 m | |
| width | 25 m | |
| surface | 0.018 5 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 2 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The island of Kasolo , also known as Kennedy Island or Plum Pudding Island , is located in the western province of the Pacific island republic of Solomon Islands , about seven kilometers east of the main island of Ghizo .
In 1943, the future US President John F. Kennedy and his crew stranded on the island after their PT speedboat was sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri .
The island, which is only 75 meters long and 25 meters wide, is uninhabited, but is occasionally visited by motorized rubber dinghies that cruise ships with their passengers leave.
