Mount Silisili

mountain, Samoa

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In Savai‘i
…6,095 feet (1,858 metres) at Mount Silisili, its highest point. A string of volcanic craters extends from the east coast at Tuasivi to Samoa’s westernmost point at Cape Mulinu‘u. Eruptions in the early 1900s ruined many plantations on Savai‘i, but the volcanoes have been quiescent since 1911.
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In Samoa: Relief and drainage
…feet (1,858 metres) at Mount Silisili, a volcano at the island’s approximate centre. Mounts Māfane, Mata‘aga, and Maugaloa are also imposing peaks. Upolu, the other large island, lies about 10 miles (16 km) to the east across the Apolima Strait. Upolu is more elongated and uneven in shape than Savai‘i…
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