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Tau Island

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Tau Island, is part of the The Manu'a group of islands, located 10 miles east of Ofu Island. It is the most populated of the Manu'a Islands, yet with just a few sleepy villages of a few hundred families totaling fewer than 800 people, Tau is unspoiled by modern influences. Many Samoans believe that Manu'a was the first land to be created and that Tau was the birthplace of the Polynesian people. Tau was also the site of anthropologist Margaret Mead's landmark study Coming of Age in Samoa. The National Park of American Samoa's Tau Unit, the largest of the three park units, occupies 8.3 square miles out of the island's 17.1 square miles and include 3,170-foot (970 m) Lata Mountain, the highest point in American Samoa.

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Alia boat approaching Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Alia boat fisherman. American Samoa ( black and white) Alia boat departing from Fleasao harbor, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Alia boats, Siufaga harbor, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Olosega island seen from Tau. American Samoa ( black and white) Olosega Island from Northside road, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) The road between Fitiuta and Luma, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Main street of Fitiuta, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Village of Fitiuta, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Fitiuta Airport, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Church of Luma, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Home and fale in Luma, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Tombs in front of a home in Faleasao, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Pandamus leaves being dried, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Woman weaving toga out of pandamus leaves, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Woman weaving a mat out of pandamus leaves, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Pandamus leaves and finished toga, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Sunrise from northside beach, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Palm tree and beach shelter, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Coral rubble beach fringed by palm trees, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Olosega Island from northside beach, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Beach shelter and Olosega Island, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) House and forested hill, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) View of beach from open corridor of home, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Manaia with Samoan tatoos, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Manaia in kitchen, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white) Manaia cooking, Tau Island. American Samoa ( black and white)
There are 27 black and white pictures of Tau Island on this page