Rockne Volcano has formed an undersea mountain which is tall. Its peak is below the ocean surface. Anthropological research Taū is where the 23-year-old anthropologist Margaret Mead conducted her dissertation research in Samoa in the 1920s, published in 1928 as Coming of Age in Samoa. In her work, she studied adolescent girls and compared their experience to those of Western societies. She concluded that adolescence was a smooth transition, not marked by the emotional or psychological distress, anxiety, or confusion seen in the United States. Electricity Until 2016, being a small and isolated island, the island relied on costly and polluting diesel generators to supply electricity. However, with the construction of a solar array, battery storage system, and microgrid, the island's power relies almost 100% from the sun. The solar array was built by SolarCity and now includes sixty Tesla Powerpacks. The system should be a more reliable source of energy and was designed to power the entire island for three days without sunlight and fully recharge in seven hours. References External links Tau Island: Faleasao, Fitiuta, and Ta'u counties, Manu'a District, United States Census Bureau Mountains of American Samoa Islands of American Samoa Volcanoes of American Samoa Polygenetic shield volcanoes Manu'a