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Tonga Trench south of the Samoa Islands and north of New Zealand. The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami killed more than 170 people in the Samoa Islands and Tonga. The M8.1 submarine earthquake took place in the region at 06:48:11 local time on September 29, 2009 (17:48:11 UTC, September 29), followed by smaller aftershocks. [27]
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.
Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976. [2] The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known by Europeans as the Navigator Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills. [3] [4]
Map of Samoa. This article shows a ... Main townships. Apia, capital of Samoa situated on Upolu island. Salelologa, main 'township' & ferry terminal on Savai'i island ...
Deutsch: Lage von Samoa on the globe (Polynesia centered) auf der Erde. ... This W3C-invalid world map was created with Adobe Illustrator by TUBS, and with Inkscape.
This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
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).
This is a list of national capitals, including capitals of territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. The capitals included on this list are those associated with states or territories listed by the international standard ISO 3166-1 , or that are included in the ...