English: Memorial to French explorer La_Pérouse in Mangadai Bay, Vanikoro Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Memorial is at 11 39.02 S 166 55.52 E. This is actually on the opposite side of the island to where the wrecks of Lapérouse's ships were located.
The monument was erected by Dumont d'Urville in 1828 - engraving of it in "Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau." shown here: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/french/perouse/index.html
{{Information |Description={{en|1=Memorial to French explorer La_Pérouse in Mangadai Bay, Vanikoro Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Erected in 2006 or 2007.}} |Source=My own photo |Author=My own photo |Date=2008-09-10 |Permission= |other_version