Kogin Matanikau
Kogin Matanikau na Guadalcanal, tsibirin sulaiman,yana arewa maso yammacin tsibirin. A lokacin yaƙin neman zaɓe na Guadalcanal na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu,ƙulla gagarumin alkawarin a tsakaninsu ayyuka da dama sun faru tsakanin sojojin Amurka da na Japan kusa da kogin.

Tarihi 
Kogin Matanikau ya kasance wurin da aka yi muhimman fadace-fadace guda hudu a yakin Guadalcanal na yakin duniya na biyu,wanda wasu daga cikin sojojin ruwa na Amurka da sojojin Japan na Imperial suka gwabza daga ranar 19 ga Agusta zuwa 9 ga Nuwamba 1942.

Nassoshi 

  
  
  - Interactive animation of the battle
  
  - Web site with many pictures of Guadalcanal battle sites from 1942 and how they look now.