Tau, American Samoa

Tau, American Samoa

Infobox Mountain
Name= Ta'u
Photo=TauFromSpace.jpg
Caption= Taū as seen from the Space Shuttle. North is towards the upper right corner.
Elevation= Convert|931|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=American Samoa
Range=
Prominence = Convert|931|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|14.23|S|169.45|W|type:mountain
Topographic

Type= Shield volcano
Age= Holocene
Last eruption= Unknown
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Taū is the largest island in the Manua Group and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. Taū is part of American Samoa. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called "Opoun".

The island is the eroded remnant of a "hotspot" shield volcano with a caldera complex or collapse feature (Liu Bench) on the south face. The summit of the island, called Lata Mountain, is at an elevation of convert|966|m|ft, making it the highest point in American Samoa. The last known volcanic eruption in the Manua Islands was in 1866, on the submarine ridge that extends westnorthwest towards nearby Ofu-Olosega.

The largest airport in the Manua Islands is on the northeast corner of Taū at Fitiuta. There is also a private airport. A boat harbor is located at Faleāsao at the northwestern corner of the island. A roadway along the north coast connects all of the several inhabited villages between Taū on the west and Fitiuta.

All of the southeastern half of Taū—including all of the rainforest on top of Lata Mountain and within the caldera—and southern shoreline and associated coral reefs are part of the National Park of American Samoa. The park includes the ancient, sacred site of Saua, considered to be the birthplace of the Polynesian people.

Administratively, the island is divided into three counties: Faleasao County, Fitiuta County, and Ta'u County. Along with Ofu and Olosega islands, Tau Island comprises the Manua District of American Samoa. The land area of Tau Island is convert|44.31|km2|sqmi and it had a population of 873 persons as of the 2000 census.

Points of interest

* Taū is where Margaret Mead conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920s.

References

*
* Office of the Governor. 2004. "Manua ma Amerika". A brief historical documentary. Manua Centennial. 16 July 1904. 16 July 2004. Office of the Governor, American Samoa Government. 20 p.
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-ds_name=DEC_2000_IAAS&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_IAAS_P001&-tree_id=405&-errMsg=&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US6002031300&-geo_id=06000US6002034500&-geo_id=06000US6002078500&-search_results=04000US60&-format=&-_lang=en&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=0.9528487917191559|dh=0.6838460131961157|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-67.48042614595042|cy=18.385966173167105|zl=6|pz=6|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=04000US72&-show_geoid=Y Tau Island: Faleasao, Fitiuta, and Ta'u counties, Manu'a District, United States Census Bureau]

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/npsa/pdf/manua.pdf National Park Service map of the Manua Islands]


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