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Nuutele is an
Pacific Cooperative Islands Initiative. Retrieved 26 October 2009 Nuutele is famous as a highly appreciated scenic landmark when viewed in the distance from the popular
Some information about Nu'utele and Nu'ulua.
Nuutele is an island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
that consists of a volcanic tuff ring. It lies 1.3 km off the eastern end of Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long and in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximatel ...
island, 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 Island, Manono an ...
. It is the largest of the four Aleipata Islands, with an area of .
Nuutele, together with Nuulua, a smaller island in the Aleipata group, are significant conservation areas for native species of bird life. Nuutele features steep terrain, with vertical marine cliffs up to 180 m high.Pacific Cooperative Islands Initiative. Retrieved 26 October 2009 Nuutele is famous as a highly appreciated scenic landmark when viewed in the distance from the popular
Lalomanu
Lalomanu is a village on the east coast of Upolu island in Samoa.The village is part of the electoral constituency (''Faipule District'') Aleipata Itupa i Luga which is within the larger political district of Atua. It has a population of 712.
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beach area on nearby Upolu Island, across the water.
See also
*Samoa Islands
The Samoan Islands ( sm, Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa a ...
* List of islands
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A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water on the surface of Earth or another plane ...
* Desert island
A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ...
Notes
* (includes Nu'utele)Some information about Nu'utele and Nu'ulua.
References
Uninhabited islands of Samoa Volcanoes of Samoa Tuff cones Nature conservation in Samoa Biota of Samoa Atua (district) {{Samoa-geo-stub