[2] The lake is 400 metres (1,300 ft) long with a maximum depth of 17 metres (56 ft) and an area of 11 hectares,[3] with a water temperature of 27.8 °C (82.0 °F) and a pH of 5.72.

[3] Sediment cores from the lake have been used to date the human settlement of Upolu[5] and of Polynesia,[3] and to study the paleoclimate and past ecology of Upolu.

[6] The lake provides an important habitat for the Pacific black duck and Spotless crake.

[1] Goldfish were introduced during the German colonial period.

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