Tafua-upolu

{{Short description|Active cinder cone in Samoa}}

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| elevation_m = 660

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| prominence_m = 300

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Tafua-upolu is an active cinder cone in the Aʻana district of the island of Upolu in Samoa. The name tafua is derived from the Tongan tofua (fire-mountain or volcano).{{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309542007_Eruption_Styles_of_Samoan_Volcanoes_Represented_in_Tattooing_Language_and_Cultural_Activities_of_the_Indigenous_People |title=Eruption Styles of Samoan Volcanoes Represented in Tattooing, Language and Cultural Activities of the Indigenous People |last1=Fepuleai |first1=Aleni |last2=Weber |first2=Eberhard |last3=Nemeth |first3=Karoly |last4=Muliaina |first4=Tolu |journal=Geoheritage |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=395–411 |date=2016 |access-date=30 July 2021 |doi=10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1}} Radiocarbon dating suggests it last erupted between 1300 and 1395 CE.