The geography of American Samoa is predominantly mountainous and volcanic, with dense tropical forests and coastlines bordered by coral reefs. Its islands feature a combination of rugged cliffs ...

GEOGRAPHY: Located about 2,300 ... Its population is 219,998. Samoa is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of American Samoa. HISTORY: A German protectorate from 1900 until World War I.

American Samoa, an often-overlooked collection of islands in the South Pacific which has been a U.S. territory since 1900. And yet, a lot of people, says Pua Tuaua, “have no idea where this ...

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook the Pacific Ocean near American Samoa - an island in the South Pacific archipelago - today generating tsunami waves, U.S. government agencies said. A tsunami ...