Maravovo

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Maravovo (or alternatively Marovovo) is a village on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. It is located {{convert|57.6|km}} by road northwest of Honiara.{{cite map |title=Maps |publisher=Google Maps}} Mangakiki is in close proximity to Maravovo. The population is reportedly entirely Anglican.{{cite book |last=Ryniker |first=David C |title=Kastom, Stories and Christianity in the Solomon Islands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VRnmAAAAIAAJ&q=Maravovo |year=1991 |publisher=Wichita State University |page=20 |accessdate=12 April 2024 |via=Google Books}}

On 7 October 1942, during the Guadalcanal campaign, the Japanese established a small midget submarine base there. On 7 February 1943, when the first American troops reached the area, they only encountered slight resistance, and found that most of the Japanese had already been evacuated during Operation Ke.{{Cite book |last=Wheelan |first=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7cIDgAAQBAJ&q=marovovo%7C |title=Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War |date=2017 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0-306-82460-9 |accessdate=12 April 2024 |via=Google Books }}
- {{Cite web |website=Pacific Wrecks |title=Maravovo (Marovovo) Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands |url=https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/solomons_guadalcanal_maravovo.html |access-date=13 December 2021}}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Solomons.htm |title=Midget Submarines in the Solomon Islands 1942 |website=Imperial Japanese Navy Page}}

The wreck of one of the midget submarines still lies underwater{{cite web |url=https://pacificwrecks.com/subs/HA-11.html |title=HA-11 Type A Midget Submarine |accessdate=12 April 2024}} in the bay facing the village.