Template:Did you know nominations/Vailulu'u
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:50, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
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Vailulu'u
- ... that the submarine volcano Vailulu'u was named after a sacred rain and might become an island in the future? Vailulu'u Seamount was named in April 2000 by Samoanhigh school students; the name refers to the sacred sprinkling ofrain that reportedly always fell as a blessing before a gathering ofKing Tuimanu'a, the last king of the Samoan Nation and named Nafanua, in the summit crater ofVailulu’u seamount. Nafanua grew from the 1,000-m-deep craterfloor in<4 years and could reach the sea surface within decades
- Reviewed: Wynand Boshoff
Improved to Good Article status by Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk). Self-nominated at 10:03, 8 September 2019 (UTC).