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Mauga Afi ("Burning Mountain" or "Mountain of Fire") is a volcanic mountain in the Gagaʻifomauga district on the island of Savai'i in
Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...
. It has an elevation of 1847m. The most recent eruption of Mauga Afi was around 1768 and was observed by
Louis Antoine de Bougainville Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (, , ; 12 November 1729 – August 1811) was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutio ...
when sailing past Savai'i. Lava from this eruption sequence covered vast areas of the north coast of Savai'i.


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* Mountains of Samoa Volcanoes of Samoa Savai'i {{Samoa-geo-stub