Mount Fito

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Mount Fito
Mount Fito is located in Samoa
Mount Fito
Mount Fito
Map of Samoa
Highest point
Elevation1,149 m (3,770 ft)[1]
Prominence149 m (489 ft)
Coordinates13°56′28″S 171°41′46″W / 13.941°S 171.696°W / -13.941; -171.696Coordinates: 13°56′28″S 171°41′46″W / 13.941°S 171.696°W / -13.941; -171.696
Geography
LocationSamoa

Mount Fito (Mauga Fito) is the highest mountain on the island of Upolu in Samoa.[2] It is located in the O Le Pupu-Puʿe National Park in the Atua district and has a height of 1149m.[1]

In 1978 a Cessna aircraft operated by South Pacific Island Airways crashed into the mountain, killing all 11 people on board.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mount Fito". PeakVisor. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Back to the jungle". The bulletin. Vol. 78, no. 4054. 23 October 1957. p. 19. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  3. ^ "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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