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The Apolima Strait is about 13 km wide and separates the two largest islands of
File:ISS012-E-23610 NASA Savai'i and Upolu.jpg, Apolima Strait with Savai'i (top) and the tip of Upolu below.
File:ApolimafromFerry.jpg, Apolima island.
File:Nu'ulopa island - Samoa.jpg, Heading by boat towards uninhabited Nu'ulopa island (left) with Apolima island (right)
File:Samoa Country map.png, Map of Samoa showing Apolima Strait between Upolu (right) and Savai'i (left).
The Apolima Strait is about 13 km wide and separates the two largest islands of 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); ...
: Savai'i to the northwest, and 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 approxi ...
to the southeast.
Three small islands lie in the strait. Two of them, Manono and Apolima
Apolima is the smallest of the four inhabited islands of Samoa. It lies in the Apolima Strait, between the country's two largest islands: Upolu to the east, and Savai'i to the west.
The island has one village settlement, Apolima Tai, with a ...
, have small village settlements. Manono is about 3 miles off the west coast of Upolu. Apolima lies near the middle of the strait. The third, Nu'ulopa is a tiny, uninhabited, rocky outcrop with palm trees, which is surrounded by a natural turtle habitat islet.
The main means of transportation between the two larger islands - passenger and vehicle ferries operated by the Samoa government - run through the strait between Mulifanua
Mulifanua is a village on the north-western tip of the island of Upolu, in Samoa. In the modern era, it is the capital of Aiga-i-le-Tai district. Mulifanua wharf is the main ferry terminal for inter-island vehicle and passenger travel across th ...
wharf on Upolu and Salelologa wharf on Savai'i.
The ferry crossing takes about 90 minutes.
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See also
*Samoan 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 an ...
* Geography of Samoa
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