Tau

island, American Samoa

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Manua Islands

  • Manua Islands, American Samoa
    In Manua Islands

    …group of three islands (Tau [Ta’u], Ofu, and Olosega), American Samoa, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Tau, the chief island, has an area of about 15 square miles (39 square km). It is conical in shape, rising to Lata Mountain (3,179 feet [969 metres]); the main village is Luma on the…

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National Park of American Samoa

  • National Park of American Samoa: beach on Ofu Island
    In National Park of American Samoa

    …section of the island of Tau, and a small portion of shoreline and offshore reef on the island of Ofu. Tau and Ofu are located some 60 miles (95 km) east of Tutuila and can be reached only by airplane from the capital city of Pago Pago, where the visitors’…

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