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Ta‘ū is the largest island in the Manu‘a Group and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. Ta‘ū is part of American Samoa. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun. Image File history File links Tau island from Space Shuttle File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ...
This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which...
The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ...
Samoa Islands may refer to: Samoa, a country in the South Pacific American Samoa, a U.S. territory, also in the South Pacific This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ...
Mauna Kea, a shield volcano, on the Island of Hawai‘i with a light dusting of snow. ...
Last eruption refers to the last volcanic event of a volcano. ...
In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search The Islands of Ofu and Olosega viewed from the village of Sili along the north shore of Olosega. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The island is the eroded remnant of a "hotspot" shield volcano with a caldera complex or collapse feature (Liu Bench) on the south face. The top of the mountain, called Lata, is at an elevation of 966 m (3,170 ft), making it the highest point in American Samoa. The last known volcanic eruption in the Manu‘a Islands was in 1866, on the submarine ridge that extends westnorthwest towards nearby Ofu-Olosega. In geology, a hotspot is a location on the Earths surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time. ...
Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ...
The largest airport in the Manu‘a Islands is on the northeast corner of Ta‘ū at Fiti‘uta. A boat harbor is located at Faleāsao at the northwestern corner of the island. A roadway along the north coast connects all of the several inhabited villages between Ta‘ū on the west and Fiti‘uta.
All of the southeastern half of Ta‘ū—inluding all of the rainforest on top of Lata mountain and within the caldera—and southern shoreline and associated coral reefs are part of the National Park of American Samoa. The park includes the ancient, sacred site of Saua, considered to be the birthplace of the Polynesian people. Established in 1988, the National Park of American Samoa is a United States National Park on the American territory of American Samoa. ...
Points of interest - Ta‘ū is where Margaret Mead conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920's.
Jump to: navigation, search Margaret Mead Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist. ...
Sources - Office of the Governor. 2004. Manu‘a ma Amerika. A brief historical documentary. Manu‘a Centennial. 16 July 1904. 16 July 2004. Office of the Governor, American Samoa Government. 20 p.
- Siebert, L. and T. Simkin (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3. URL: http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/ (Website difficult to use)
External Link - National Park Service map of the Manu‘a Islands
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