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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 a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
that consists of a volcanic tuff ring
Phreatomagmatic eruptions are volcanic eruptions resulting from interaction between magma and water. They differ from exclusively magmatic eruptions and phreatic eruptions. Unlike phreatic eruptions, the products of phreatomagmatic eruptions cont ...
. 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 approximate ...
island, Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
, in central South Pacific Ocean. It is the largest of the four Aleipata Islands
The Aleipata Islands are a group of four uninhabited islands off the eastern end of Upolu Island, Samoa, in central South Pacific Ocean. The islands are eroded volcanic tuff rings, and consist of a small northern pair on Upolu's barrier reef, an ...
, 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 () 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 and most of Americ ...
* List of islands
This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water
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* Desert island
An uninhabited island, desert island, or deserted island, is an island, islet or atoll which lacks permanent human population. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes ...
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