Editing Geography of Samoa (section)

== Terrain ==
[[File:Samoa2022OSM.png|thumb|Detailed map of Samoa]]
The terrain of the larger islands consists of a narrow coastal plains with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in the interior. The Natural resources include hardwood forests, fish, and hydropower. The smaller islands are remnants of eroded [[volcano|volcanic]] [[tuff ring]]s, some are just a coral reef atop the eroded cone of a defunct volcano.<ref>[http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:gpcO-Z9aOyMJ:www.mnre.gov.ws/documents/projects/environment/terrestrial/aleipata/DRAFT%2520PROJECT%2520PLAN%2520April%25202005-%2520RATS%2520-%25202.pdf+Nu'ulua+island&hl=en&gl=nz&sig=AFQjCNFlp8Ezrm5yGot6Z0W5IOtdCicV7A] Restoration of Nu'utele and Nu'ulua Islands, Samoa by David J. Butler, April 2005, SPREP. Retrieved 25 October 2009</ref>

Rose Atoll is the easternmost point of the archipelago and the [[Extreme points of the United States|southernmost point of the United States]].<ref name="NOAA_ASamoa">{{cite web|url=http://www.fpir.noaa.gov/MNM/mnm_roseatoll.html|title=Rose Atoll Marine National Monument|date=July 2022 }}</ref> American Samoa is home to the [[National Park of American Samoa]].

The highest mountains are: [[Silisili|Mt Silisili]] ([[Savaiʻi]]) at {{convert|1858|m|0|abbr=on}}, [[Mount Fito]]  ([[Upolu]]) at {{convert|1,113|m|0|abbr=on}}, [[Lata Mountain]] ([[Taʻū]]), {{cvt|3170|ft}}; [[Matafao Peak]] ([[Tutuila]]) at {{cvt|2141|ft}}, Piumafua ([[Olosega]]) at {{cvt|2095|ft}}, and Tumutumu ([[Ofu-Olosega|Ofu]]) at {{cvt|1621|ft}}. [[Mount Pioa]] ([[Tutuila]]), nicknamed the Rainmaker, is {{cvt|1718|ft}}.<ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Samoa Humanities Council. Page 355. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>
{{rp|3}} American Samoa is also home to some of the world's highest sea cliffs at {{cvt|3000|ft}}.<ref>Harris, Ann G. and Esther Tuttle (2004). ''Geology of National Parks''. Kendall Hunt. p. 603. {{ISBN|978-0787299705}}.</ref>