Upolu
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Image:Samoa Country map.png In Polynesian mythology (specifically Samoan), Upolu is the first woman on the island of the same name. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Ojalava. Upolu is volcanic in origin, but has not had any historically recorded eruptions.
The island is 1,125 sq km and is the most populated of the Samoan islands. Faleolo International airport is to the west of the island and the capital Apia is to the north.
In the late 19th century Robert Louis Stevenson had a four-hundred acre plantation and died here in 1894.Template:Oceania-geo-stub
In Hawaii Upolu is the northern cape of the Island of Hawaii.