Template:Did you know nominations/Vailulu'u

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:50, 14 September 2019 (UTC)

Vailulu'u

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... 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).

Article was promoted to GA status within the last seven days, is obviously over the required prose size and has no copyvio concerns. Hook is interesting and attributed to reliable sources. QPQ provided, good to go. Kosack (talk) 15:17, 8 September 2019 (UTC)