Satala Cemetery

The Satala Cemetery is located on the north side of Pago Pago Harbor on the island of Tutuila, the largest in American Samoa. The cemetery was established, apparently late in the 19th century, by the United States Navy, as an interment site for foreigners on the island. Traditional Samoan burial practice is to bury family members on their property, a method not available to outsiders. One section of the cemetery is dedicated to graves of Korean fishermen.[2]

Satala Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	AS 1, W of Satala, Lalopua, American Samoa
Coordinates	14.2707°S 170.6949°W / -14.2707; -170.6949
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1900 (1900)
Architect	U.S. Navy
NRHP reference No.	05001110[1]
Added to NRHP	October 19, 2006

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1] It was damaged by a tsunami that struck the island in 2009.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Maritime Heritage Inventory of American Samoa, June 2007" (PDF). NOAA. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
3. Kennedy, Helen (2009-09-30). "American Samoa hit by tsunami after underwater 8.3 earthquake; warning issued for Hawaii". New York Newsday. Retrieved 2015-06-22.