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Kokumbona

Coordinates: 9°25′38″S 159°54′52″E / 9.42722°S 159.91444°E / -9.42722; 159.91444
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Kokumbona (also Kakambona) is a village on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

It was a Japanese base during World War II and the site of a United States Marine Corps amphibious landing on 19 August 1942.

Located on Guadalcanal's north coast, west of Honiara.

9°25′38″S 159°54′52″E / 9.42722°S 159.91444°E / -9.42722; 159.91444