Swains Island is a remote coral atoll in the Tokelau volcanic island group in the South Pacific Ocean. Administered it as part of American Samoa since 1925, the island is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Tokelau and the United States.
Swains Island as seen from space
Swains Island lagoon
Road on Swains Island
Group of young people and children from Swains Island, late 1886. Photographed by Thomas Andrew.
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Centered on 14.3°S 170.7°W, it is east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 500 kilometers (310 mi) south of Tokelau. American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the United States and one of two U.S. territories south of the Equator, along with the uninhabited Jarvis Island.
German, British and American warships in Apia Harbor, Samoa, 1899
Tuimanuʻa Elisala Alalamua, the last official titleholder of Tui Manuʻa (1899–1909)
Rear Admiral Benjamin Franklin Tilley, the first Governor of American Samoa (1900–1901)
Commander John Martin Poyer served as the 12th Governor of American Samoa (1915–1919).
