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== Islands of the Samoan archipelago == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Island ! Area ! Coastline ! Population ! Highest Point ! Last Volcanic Eruption ! Country/Territory |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Savaiʻi]] | 1,694 | 195 | 43,142 | 1,858 | 1911 CE<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244040|title=Global Volcanism Program: Savai'i|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Upolu]] | 1,125 | 197 | 143,418 | 1,113 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu">{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244030|title=Global Volcanism Program: Upolu|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Tutuila]] | 142.3 | 135 | 55,876 | 653 | 440 CE<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244020|title=Global Volcanism Program: Tutuila|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|American Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Wallis (island)|’Uvea]] | 96 | 43 | 8,333 | 131 | Unknown<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244050|title=Global Volcanism Program: Wallis Islands|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|Wallis and Futuna}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Taʻū]] | 47.02 | 32 | 790 | 931 | Unknown<ref name="GVPTau">{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244800|title=Global Volcanism Program: Ta'u|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|American Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Ofu-Olosega|Ofu]] | 7.215 | 11.47 | 176 | 491 | 1866 CE<ref name="GVPOfu">{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244010|title=Global Volcanism Program: Ofu-Olosega|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|American Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Olosega]] | 5.163 | 13.38 | 172 | 629 | 1866 CE<ref name="GVPOfu" /> | {{flag|American Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Apolima]] | 4.1 | 4.19 | 75 | 165 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Manono Island|Manono]] | 3 | 7.5 | 889 | 37 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Nuʻutele]] | 1.15 | 5.04 | 0 | 180 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Niulakita]] | 0.4 | 2.2 | 34 | 4.6 | [[Cretaceous]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Duncan, R.A.|year=1985|title=Radiometric ages from volcanic rocks along the New Hebrides-Samoa lineament|editor=Brocher, T.M.|series=Investigations of the nonhern Melanesian borderland|publisher=Circum-Pacific Councilfdr Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science|volume=Series 3|pages=67–76}}</ref> | {{flag|Tuvalu}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Nuʻulua]] | 0.23 | 2.78 | 0 | 96 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Namua]] | 0.18 | 2.08 | 0 | 91 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Fanuatapu]] | 0.06 | 1.81 | 0 | 31 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Rose Atoll]] | 0.05 | 0.75 | 0 | 3.5 | 10,000 ya<ref>{{cite web|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=244800|title=Global Volcanism Program: Rose Island|publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]]}}</ref> | {{flag|American Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| [[Nu'ulopa]] | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0 | 37 | Unknown<ref name="GVPUpolu" /> | {{flag|Samoa}} |- | style="text-align:right; background:#ffffff;"| Total | 3,126 | 654 | 252,905 |}
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