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; -171.696
Geography
LocationSamoa

Mount Fito (Mauga Fito) is the second-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] Fito was long-believed to be Upolu's highest point,[3] but a visit by the Samoa Conservation Society in 2022 determined it to be the second-highest, just 10m shorter than nearby Mount Vaivai.[2]

In 1978 a Cessna aircraft operated by South Pacific Island Airways crashed into the mountain, killing all 11 people on board.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Fito". PeakVisor. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fuimaono Lumepa Hald (13 May 2022). "Mt. Fito not the highest point in Upolu". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. "Back to the jungle". The bulletin. Vol. 78, no. 4054. 23 October 1957. p. 19. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. "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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