Savo Island Hot Springs

Savo Island Hot Springs is a natural geothermal site associated with the active volcanic island of Savo in the Melanesian Pacific, where powerful geothermal activity including hot springs, steaming ground, and boiling mud pools reflects the island's position on an active volcanic field in the geological context of the Melanesian volcanic arc. Savo, a small volcanic island north of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, is one of the Pacific's most geothermally active islands and was the site of four major World War II naval battles. The extraordinary combination of intense volcanic activity, remarkable Melanesian culture, and the wartime history of the Guadalcanal campaign gives Savo Island a uniquely multilayered character among Pacific volcanic islands.