Back حديقة أمريكان ساموا الوطنية Arabic Amerikan Samoası Milli Parkı Azerbaijani Taman Nasional Samoa Amérika BAN Американска Самоа (национален парк) Bulgarian Parc Nacional de la Samoa Americana Catalan National Park of American Samoa CEB Národní park Americká Samoa Czech Nationalpark von Amerikanisch-Samoa German Parque nacional de Samoa Americana Spanish Ameerika Samoa rahvuspark Estonian
| National Park of American Samoa | |
|---|---|
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
 | |
 | |
| Location | American Samoa, United States |
| Nearest city | Pago Pago |
| Coordinates | 14°15′30″S 170°41′00″W / 14.25833°S 170.68333°W |
| Area | 8,256.67 acres (33.4136 km2)[1] |
| Established | October 31, 1988 |
| Visitors | 12,135 (in 2022)[2] |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| Website | National Park of American Samoa |
Location of the park on Tutuila (left), Ofu, and Ta‘ū (right)
The National Park of American Samoa is a national park in the United States territory of American Samoa, distributed across four islands: Tutuila, Ofu, Olosega, and Ta‘ū. The park preserves and protects coral reefs, tropical rainforests, fruit bats, and the Samoan culture. Popular activities include hiking and snorkeling. Of the park's 8,257 acres (3,341 ha), 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) is coral reefs and ocean.[3] The park is the only American National Park Service system unit south of the equator.[4][5][6]
- ^ National Park Service Land Resources Division Summary of Acreage 12/31/2020
- ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "The National Parks: Index 2009–2011" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ^ https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/news/fact-sheet.htm National Park of American Samoa. National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ Schermeister, Phil (2016). National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States. National Geographic Books. Page 316. ISBN 9781426216510.
- ^ Hughes, Holly (2010). Frommer’s 500 Extraordinary Islands (500 Places). Frommer’s. Page 86. ISBN 9780470500705