Piula Cave pool
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| Geographical location | Lufilufi , Samoa | |
| Tributaries | from source in lava tube | |
| Drain | in the Pacific | |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 52 '24 " S , 171 ° 35' 50" W | |
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Piula Cave Pool (also: Fatumea Pool ) is a natural freshwater pool on the coast of Upolu in Samoa . The pool is part of the grounds of the historic Methodist Chapel of Piula . Politically, the area belongs to Lufilufi in the Atua district . The pool is located 26 km east of the capital Apia on the romantic Scenic Coastal Road . Access is possible through the site of the Piula Theological College . Stairs lead down from the property to the pool.
The place is a popular bathing destination for locals and visitors. The pool is fed by a spring that rises from a lava cave ( lava tube ) and immediately drains into the sea. In the main opening of the grotto on the north side there is a short underwater tunnel that leads to another grotto opening on the east side of the pool. You can visit the place from Monday to Saturday and there are small fale as changing rooms for visitors. The college charges a small entrance fee.
Freshwater pools are comparatively common along the Savaiʻi and Upolu coasts . They were formed by volcanic activity, when lava flows cooled on the outside and inside what is still called lava flowed off and formed cavities. Often these caves have assumed the function of water pipes, as in the present case. The Falemauga Caves were created in the same way inland.
history
The Methodist Mission in Samoa acquired the land in Lufilufi to establish a training institution in 1868 and named the place "Piula Theological College". The name Piula is a transliteration of the biblical name Beulah .
fale for visitors by the pool
Piula Chapel
Another freshwater pool , Mata o le Alelo in Savai'i
Individual evidence
- ^ A b David Stanley: Moon Handbooks South Pacific . David Stanley, 2004, ISBN 1-56691-411-6 , p. 518 ( Accessed January 31, 2010): "Piula cave pool."
- ↑ Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop: Samoan women: widening choices . University of the South Pacific, 2003, ISBN 982-02-0360-0 , p. 127 (Retrieved February 2, 2010).