Aʻoloau

Local nameAʻoloau
LocationAmerican Samoa, United States

A'oloau is a village in the west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland, 5 miles southwest of Pago Pago. It is also known as A’oloaufou, which means "new A’olou". An abandoned area in town by A'oloau Bay is known as A'oloautuai, which means Old A’oloau’. A'oloau's nickname is Nuu Puaolele which means the Fog Village.The village is reached from a road near Shins Mart in the village of Pava'ia'i. It sits inland, high on the central plain of Tutuila. It has an elevation of 1,340 ft. A hiking trail from A’oloaufou leads down to A'asu on Massacre Bay. A’asu was the site where Frenchman Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse visited in 1787. Lapérouse explored and mapped the various Samoan Islands when he arrived in A’asu on December 11, 1787. A battle broke out between the French and the native Samoans, and several French and Samoans were killed.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A'oloau

Coordinates -14°17'7.073" N -170°46'51.058" E

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