Manua Islands

Manua Islands
/mah nooh"ah, meuh nooh"euh/
a group of three small islands in the E part of American Samoa. 1700; ab. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).

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▪ islands, American Samoa
also spelled  Manu'a 

      group of three islands (Tau [Ta'u], Ofu, and Olosega), American Samoa, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Tau, the chief island, has an area of about 15 square miles (39 square km). It is conical in shape, rising to Lata Mountain (3,179 feet [969 metres]); the main village is Luma on the west coast. Ofu and Olosega are separated by a narrow channel, about eight miles northwest of Tau. Area 21.9 square miles (56.7 square km). Pop. (2000) 1,378.

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  • Manua Islands — geographical name islands SW Pacific in American Samoa E of Tutuila area 22 square miles (57 square kilometers) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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