Mount Fito | |
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Mount FitoMap of Samoa | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,149 m (3,770 ft) |
Prominence | 149 m (489 ft) |
Coordinates | 13°56′28″S 171°41′46″W / 13.941°S 171.696°W / -13.941; -171.696 |
Geography | |
Location | Samoa |
Mount Fito (Mauga Fito) is the second-highest mountain on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is located in the O Le Pupu-Puʿe National Park in the Atua district and has a height of 1149m. Fito was long-believed to be Upolu's highest point, but a visit by the Samoa Conservation Society in 2022 determined it to be the second-highest, just 10m shorter than nearby Mount Vaivai.
In 1978 a Cessna aircraft operated by South Pacific Island Airways crashed into the mountain, killing all 11 people on board.
References
- ^ "Mount Fito". PeakVisor. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Fuimaono Lumepa Hald (13 May 2022). "Mt. Fito not the highest point in Upolu". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- "Back to the jungle". The bulletin. Vol. 78, no. 4054. 23 October 1957. p. 19. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- "Air Crash Kills 11 In W. Samoa". Pacific Islands Review. Vol. 49, no. 7. 1 July 1978. p. 5. Retrieved 5 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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