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