Upolu
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Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is 75 kilometres long and 1,125 square kilometres in are
Falefa Valley
Damage from Cyclone Evan in 2012
USNS Richard E. Byrd docked at Upolu
Savaiʻi
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Savaiʻi is the largest and highest island both in Samoa and in the Samoan Islands chain. The island is also the sixth largest in Polynesia, behind the three main islands of New Zealand and the Hawaiia
Upolu
…Islands by area. With approximately 145,000 inhabitants, it is by far the most populous of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the southeast of Savai'i, the "big island". Apia, the capital, is in the middle of the north coast, and Faleolo International Airport at the western end of the island. The…
Savaiʻi volcano, as seen from the NASA's EO-1 satellite in July 2010
Studio photo depicting the Samoa ʻava ceremony, 1911
Two men fishing from canoe, 1914
Charles Wilkes