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Map of the Samoan archipelago Topography of Samoa. South east coast of Savai'i island.. The Samoan archipelago is a chain of 16 islands and numerous seamounts covering 3,123 km 2 (1,206 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, south of the equator, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania.
The volcanic Samoa island chain may have been formed by the activity of the Samoa hotspot at the eastern end of the Samoa Islands. In theory, that hotspot was created by the movement of the Pacific tectonic plate over a 'fixed' deep and narrow mantle plume spewing up through the Earth's crust. One piece of evidence that this activity may have ...
Samoa, [note 1] officially the Independent State of Samoa [note 2] and known until 1997 as Western Samoa (Samoan: Sāmoa i Sisifo), is an island country in Polynesia, consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).
The location of Samoa An enlargeable map of the Independent State of Samoa. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Samoa: . Samoa – sovereign island nation located in the western Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. [1]
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 102 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 10.8° S; S: 15.0° S; W: 173.1° W; E: 167.9° W; Date: 10 October 2009: Source: Own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; File:Palauli in Samoa.svg by TUBS; Author: NordNordWest: Permission (Reusing this file)
Map of Samoa. This article shows a list of cities, towns and villages in Samoa. List. Main townships. Apia, capital of Samoa situated on Upolu island. ...
Samoa geography stubs (206 P) Pages in category "Geography of Samoa" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Map of Tutuila island. Tutuila is the largest and most populous island of American Samoa and is part of the archipelago of the Samoan Islands.It is the third largest island in the Samoan Islands chain of the Central Pacific.