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Until 2016, being a small and isolated island, the island relied on costly and polluting diesel generators to supply electricity. However, with the construction of a solar array, battery storage system, and microgrid, the island's power relies almost 100% from the sun. The solar array was built by
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In 2000, a subsea volcano 48 km (30 mi) from Taʻū Island was discovered by scientists. Rockne Volcano has formed an undersea mountain which is 4,300 m (14,000 ft) tall. Its peak is 5,500 m (18,000 ft) below the ocean surface.
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girls and compared their experience to those of Western societies. She concluded that adolescence was a smooth transition, not marked by the emotional or psychological distress, anxiety, or confusion seen in the United States.
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All of the southeastern half of Taʻū—including all of the rainforest on top of Lata Mountain and within the caldera—the southern shoreline, and associated coral reefs are part of the
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of American Samoa. The land area of Taʻū Island is 44.31 km (17.11 sq mi) and it had a population of 873 persons as of the
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shield volcano with a caldera complex or collapse feature (Liu Bench) on the south face. The summit of the island, called
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conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920s, after which she published her findings in a work titled
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lands, and 3.9 km (1.5 sq mi) of waters separated by some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world.
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and Siufaga, usually referred to jointly as Taʻū village. The village of Taʻū has been named the capital of the
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O upu muamua i le Tala i le Lalolagi mo e ua faatoa a'oa'oina u lea mataupu: Elementary Geography
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Tau Island: Faleasao, Fitiuta, and Ta'u counties, Manu'a District, United States Census Bureau
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in the Manuʻa Islands is on the northeast corner of Taʻū at Fitiʻuta. There is also a
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conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920s, published in 1928 as
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is another Taʻū village, located on the northeast side of the island.
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Taʻū is well known as the site where the American anthropologist
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On the western coast of Taʻū are the conterminous villages of
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Administratively, the island is divided into three counties:
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Index

Ta‘ū

South Pacific Ocean
14°14′S 169°28′W / 14.233°S 169.467°W / -14.233; -169.467
Lata Mountain
Territory
American Samoa
Manuʻa Islands
Samoan Islands
American Samoa
Margaret Mead
Coming of Age in Samoa
National Park
Lumā
Manuʻa Islands
Fitiuta
hotspot
Lata Mountain
mid-ocean ridge
Ofu-Olosega
largest airport
private airport
National Park of American Samoa

National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
Faleāsao County
Fitiʻuta County
Taʻū County
Ofu and Olosega Islands
Manuʻa District

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