Lata Mountain

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Location of Lata in the National Park and on Taūbdep2

The mountain Lata on the Samoan island of Tau in the South Pacific reaches a height of 963 m, according to other sources 966 m and is the highest peak in both the Manuainseln as well as American Samoa.

The mountain is located in the east of the island and is part of the National Park of American Samoa. He is mostly covered by dense forests. The cliffs on the cliffs south of Lata be counted among the highest in the world.

Tau is the rest of the top of a shield volcano whose caldera half is slipped into the sea. To the east of the edge of the caldera of Lata, which consists of volcanic rock located.