Kula Gulf

Kula Gulf is a waterway in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.

To the southwest, it connects via Blackett Strait to Vella Gulf and the Solomon Sea.

During the Solomon Islands campaign in World War II, two minor naval battles between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States Navy were fought here in July, 1943.

The first was the Battle of Kula Gulf fought on the night of 5–6 July 1943.

In that engagement, the destroyer USS Gwin and the Japanese cruiser Jintsū were sunk.

Kula Gulf separates the large round island (Kolombangara) from the larger, irregular island (New Georgia) to the southeast.