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spewing up through the Earth's crust. One piece of evidence that this activity may have created the islands is that they generally lie in a straight east-to-west line, and the plate is moving from east to west. However, some characteristics of the Samoa islands are inconsistent with this theory. The
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By 2011, the government of independent Samoa decided to shift back to the western side in order to have the same day as Australia and New Zealand. Being one day behind these countries, Samoa's primary trading partners, left only four business days in a week. The shift was implemented by skipping
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rock samples initially collected from Savai'i, the westernmost of the islands, are too young by several million years to fit the classic hotspot model of age progression in an island chain. These facts led some scientists to suggest that the Samoa islands were not formed by the hotspot plume. One
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began occupying the western islands in World War I, while they were still a German colony and continued as an occupying force until 1920. Then, from 1920 until Samoa's independence in 1962, New Zealand governed the islands in that group under a
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in Samoa are among the largest of the Polynesian islands, at 1,718 km (663 sq mi) and 1,125 km (434 sq mi), respectively, Their size is exceeded only by the two substantially larger main islands of New Zealand
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Staudigel, Hubert; Hart, Stanley R.; Pile, Adele; Bailey, Bradley E.; Baker, Edward T.; Brooke, Sandra; Connelly, Douglas P.; Haucke, Lisa; German, Christopher R.; Hudson, Ian; Jones, Daniel (2006-04-25).
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in the chain are, the older they will prove to be. Some of the evidence is inconsistent with this explanation for the creation of the Samoa island chain, creating an enigma for scientists. For one thing,
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However, in 2005, an international team found new evidence that supports the hotspot model. They gathered additional samples from Savai'i — submarine samples from the deep flanks and
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of the island. Tests found that these samples are much older than the previously collected samples: They are about five million years old, an age that fits the hotspot model.
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Hart, S. R.; Staudigel, H.; Koppers, A. A. P.; Blusztajn, J.; Baker, E. T.; Workman, R.; Jackson, M.; Hauri, E.; Kurz, M.; Sims, K.; Fornari, D.; Saal, A.; Lyons, S. (2000).
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Koppers, A. A.; Russell, J. A.; Staudigel, H.; Hart, S. R. (2006). "New 40Ar/39Ar Ages for Savai'i Island Reinstate Samoa as a Hotspot Trail with a Linear Age Progression".
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between Upolu and Savaiʻi. The four small, uninhabited islands - Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Namua and Fanuatapu - are situated off the east coast of Upolu and comprise the
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The islands lie between 13° and 14° south latitude and 169° and 173° west longitude, and span an area of about 480 km (300 mi) from west to east.
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date of ratification by the League of Nations was 10 January 1920; Class C mandates were designed for populations considered incapable of self-government
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in 1962. It comprises the western half of the Samoa islands, (2,831 km (1,093 sq mi) and 196,000 inhabitants (2016)). It was known as
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possible explanation for the inconsistency of the data with the hotspot formation theory is the fact that the island chain lies just north of the
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from 1946 to 1962. The force that eventually led to the political independence of the western islands in 1962 was the pro-independence
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issued a proclamation that Monday, July 4 would occur twice, giving an extra day in July 1892. This change, which occurred on the
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The Samoan Islands has total of 18 islands spread 3,030 km (1,170 sq mi) in a west to east direction.
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comprising the eastern half of the Samoa Islands. (199 km (77 sq mi) and 49,710 inhabitants (2020)).
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The Samoan climate is tropical, with a rainy season from November to April. The island group is frequently hit by
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The oldest known evidence of human activity in the Samoan Islands dates to around 1050 BCE. It comes from a
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at the eastern end of the Samoa Islands. In theory, that hotspot was created by the movement of the
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The population of the Samoan Islands is approximately 250,000. The inhabitants have in common the
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in origin, mountainous, and covered in tropical moist forest. Some of the smaller islands are
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In the late 19th century, competition for political control of the islands between the
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took place in the region at 06:48:11 local time on September 29, 2009 (17:48:11
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is a small island off the eastern end of Tutuila. To the east of Tutuila, the
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between December and March, due to its position in the South Pacific Ocean.
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Friday, December 30; workers were paid for this "missed" day. Neighboring
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island. In 1768, the eastern islands were visited by the French explorer
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populations in the world, and most are of exclusively Samoan ancestry.
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American Samoa, World Atlas: Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003
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Samoa island chain may have been formed by the activity of the
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In 1892, the Samoan islands shifted to the eastern side of the
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covering 3,030 km (1,170 sq mi) in the central
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group, eastern Samoa Islands. Below: map of the Samoan Islands
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Smaller islands in the archipelago include the three islets (
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The islands are approximately 800 km (500 mi) from
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The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa
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island, offshore of the island of Tutuila, American Samoa
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The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
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The islands of Manono, Apolima and Nuʻulopa lie in the
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classic hotspot model (based mostly on studies of the
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killed more than 170 people in the Samoa Islands and
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Douglas; et al. (1987). 1552: 1356: 205:, the archipelago comprises all of the 4070: 2125:. Vol. XVII (9th ed.). 1884. 1900:"Magnitude 8.1 – SAMOA ISLANDS REGION" 1812: 1485: 1286: 1046:, named after Samoa's goddess of war, 358: 217:, which is geographically part of the 16:Archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean 3760: 3246:Congregational Christian Church in AS 3241:Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker 3090: 2770: 2274: 2145: 1808: 1806: 1692: 1648: 1029: 711:, 2,900 km (1,800 mi) from 89:3,030 km (1,170 sq mi) 1959:Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 1943: 1852:Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1681:. 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