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There are no entry fees for the park, but visiting is expensive because of the cost of travel to American Samoa. Round trips from Honolulu cost about $1,000. Then there’s the cost of getting to ...
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of To
The Michael J. Kirwan Educational Television Center, also known as KVZK-TV or KVZK Building, is a historic and current television center in Utulei, American Samoa.It is named for U.S. congressman Michael J. Kirwan, from Ohio, who took an interest in the development of American Samoa, and was instrumental in securing funding for a wide variety of improvements in the territory's infrastructure.
English: Main American Samoa map showing the park lands on Tutuila Island around Pago Pago. Date: 22 February 2016: Source: U.S. National Park Service ... Mobile view ...
KVZK-TV began broadcasting on October 5, 1964, as the first television service in American Samoa and the first educational broadcaster in the South Pacific. [8] The station was a massive effort with a staff of 500 producing programming from four different studios to air over six separate channels.
Pago Pago Harbor on Tutuila Island in American Samoa is one of the world's largest natural harbors. [2] The capital, Pago Pago, is located on the inner reaches of the harbor, close to its northwesternmost point. It has the highest annual rainfall of any harbor in the world. [3]
American Samoa districts (clickable) This is a list of the buildings, sites, districts, and objects listed on the National Register of Historic Places in American Samoa. There are currently 31 listed sites spread across the three districts of American Samoa. There are no sites listed on the unorganized atoll of Swains Island.
[4] [7]: 66 Vai'ava Strait National Natural Landmark makes up 250 acres and is the only National Natural Landmark in American Samoa that is also part of the National Park of American Samoa. [1]: 284 Passing east through the town of Vatia, the road ends at the Pola Island trailhead. A short path leads to a large cobblestone beach.