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Aʻoloau
The village is reached from a road near Shins Mart in the village of Pava'ia'i. It sits inland, high on the central plain of Tutuila. It has an elevation of 1,340 ft (410 m). A hiking trail from A’oloaufou leads down to A'asu on Massacre Bay. A’asu was the site where Frenchman Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse visited in 1787. Lapérouse explored and mapped the various Samoan Islands when he arrived in A’asu on December 11, 1787. A battle broke out between the French and the native Samoans, and several French and Samoans were killed.
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Tutuila
United States > American Samoa > Western District > Aasu
Tutuila is a fairly small and narrow island, measuring roughly 33 km (21 mi) across and little more than 3 mi (4.8 km) from north to south at its widest point. The area of this volcanic island of early Pliocene age is 142.3 km2 (54.9 sq mi) with a shore line of 101.3 km (62.9 mi). The hill range which runs…
Average elevation: 20 m