Place details
Place nameUpolu
Other namesUpolu Island
CountrySāmoa
Latitude-13.9167
Longitude-171.75
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Second largest of Samoan Islands; volcanic and site of largest coconut plantation in S hemisphere at Mulifanua; Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson settled here in 1890, died in 1894 & was buried on Mt. Vaea, overlooking Apia.