Moso's Footprint is a two meter long depression in a basalt outcrop on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. Samoan legend holds that the giant god Moso left the footprint as a gesture of friendship toward Fiji after a diplomatic dispute, matched by a twin footprint said to exist in Fiji itself. Geologists instead attribute the depression to a fallen tree, whose roots once spread across the rock and worked into cracks in the basalt before a cyclone toppled the tree and pulled surface blocks away with it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In Discipline
Source Moso's Footprint (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Samoa, found in there.
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Moso's Footprint (Wikipedia)
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According to myth, Moso's Footprint in Samoa was made when the giant Moso stepped over to Fiji from Samoa, and the other footprint can be found on Viti Levu of Fiji.
In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
According to myth, Moso's Footprint in Samoa was made when the giant Moso stepped over to Fiji from Samoa, and the other footprint can be found on Viti Levu of Fiji
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