Mount Fito Explained

Mount Fito
Elevation M:1149
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:149
Map:Samoa
Location:Samoa
Coordinates:-13.941°N -171.696°W
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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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mount Fito . PeakVisor . 5 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Mt. Fito not the highest point in Upolu . Fuimaono Lumepa Hald . Samoa Observer . 13 May 2022 . 14 May 2022.
  3. News: Back to the jungle . The bulletin . 78 . 4054 . 19 . 23 October 1957 . 5 August 2021.
  4. News: Air Crash Kills 11 In W. Samoa . Pacific Islands Review . 49 . 7 . 5 . 1 July 1978 . 5 August 2021 . National Library of Australia.