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 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 ...
. It has an elevation of 1847m.
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The most recent eruption of Mauga Afi was around 1768 and was observed by Louis Antoine de Bougainville 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
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