Mount Matavanu is an active volcano on the island of Savaiʻi in Samoa. The volcano was formed during an eruption in 1905. Lava flows from the eruption...

most recent eruptions at Mount Matavanu (1905–1911), Mata o le Afi (1902) and Mauga Afi (1725). The highest point in Samoa is Mount Silisili, at 1,858 m (6...

flows. Examples include the olivine basalt pahoehoe which emerged from Mount Matavanu from 1905 to 1911, and the Mauga Afi chain of spatter cones of 1902...

recent decades: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica Erta Ale, Ethiopia Kīlauea, Big Island, Hawaiʻi Masaya volcano, Nicaragua Mount Michael, Saunders...

South Pacific. Mount Silisili makes a popular hike of Savai'i island, and can be reached with a 2-day guided round-trip. Mount Matavanu, active volcano...

from the ferry with tiny Apolima island and Savaiʻi coast (right). Mount Matavanu volcano, 1906 Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis), a staple food in...

1847 6060 13°34′S 172°29′W / 13.567°S 172.483°W / -13.567; -172.483 Mount Matavanu 575 1886 13°32′S 172°24′W / 13.533°S 172.400°W / -13.533; -172.400...

Fuiave’a 736 11 Mount Fao 722 491 Mount Parasit 713 0 Mount Matavanu 575 13°32′S 172°24′W / 13.533°S 172.400°W / -13.533; -172.400 Mount Vaitoa 673 0...

the past 150 years. The most recent eruption on Savaiʻi occurred with Mount Matavanu (1905–1911) and on Taʻū in 1866. This has been postulated to be due...

extinction. The endemic shrub Metrosideros gregoryi is known only from Matavanu crater on Savai'i. Littoral or coastal strand plant communities include...

Sale'aula, Samoa, by eruptions of Mt Matavanu between 1905 and 1911 Mascali, Italy, almost destroyed by the eruption of Mount Etna in 1928 (rebuilt) Parícutin...

Samoa's colonial era such as the Mau movement, the volcanic eruption of Mt Matavanu (1905–1911) and the funeral of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Many of his...