Place:Tau, American Samoa

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NameTau
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates14.25°S 169.45°W
Located inAmerican Samoa
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Taū is the largest island in the 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.

Taū is well known as the site where the American anthropologist Margaret Mead conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920s, after which she published her findings in a work titled Coming of Age in Samoa. Ta’u also has the highest mountain in American Samoa, Mount Lata, as well as of National Park lands, and of waters separated by some of the tallest sea cliffs in the world.

On the western coast of Taū are the conterminous villages of Lumā and Siufaga, usually referred to jointly as Taū village. The village of Taū has been named the capital of the Manu'a Islands. Fitiuta is another Taū village, located on the northeast side of the island.

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