{{Short description|Historic place in American Samoa}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Satala Cemetery | nrhp_type = hd | image = | caption = | location = [[American Samoa Highway 001|AS 1]], W of Satala, [[Lalopua, American Samoa]] | coordinates = {{coord|-14.2707|-170.6949|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = American Samoa | built = {{Start date|1900}} | architect = U.S. Navy | added = October 19, 2006 | area = {{convert|0.6|acre}} | refnum = 05001110<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} The '''Satala Cemetery''' is located on the north side of [[Pago Pago Harbor]] on the island of [[Tutuila]], the largest in [[American Samoa]]. The cemetery was established, apparently late in the 19th century, by the [[United States Navy]], as an interment site for foreigners on the island. Traditional Samoan burial practice is to bury family members on their property, a method not available to outsiders. One section of the cemetery is dedicated to graves of Korean fishermen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americansamoa.noaa.gov/pdfs/as_heritage.pdf|title=Maritime Heritage Inventory of American Samoa, June 2007|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2015-06-22}}</ref>
The cemetery was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris"/> It was damaged by a [[2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami|tsunami]] that struck the island in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/american-samoa-hit-tsunami-underwater-8-3-earthquake-warning-issued-hawaii-article-1.383099|accessdate=2015-06-22|title=American Samoa hit by tsunami after underwater 8.3 earthquake; warning issued for Hawaii|last=Kennedy|first=Helen|date=2009-09-30|newspaper=New York Newsday}}</ref>
==See also== * [[National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa}} {{American Samoa}} {{National Register of Historic Places}}
[[Category:Tutuila]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1900]] [[Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places]] [[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in American Samoa]] [[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1900s]] [[Category:1900 establishments in American Samoa]]