| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
District : Ahu Akivi
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Easter Island is famous for its large stone statues called moai.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
District : Ahu Akivi
|
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Ahu were originally altars then bases for moai (stone statues) then burial mounds.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
District : Ahu Akivi
|
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No two moai are identical.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
District : Ahu Akivi
|
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The moai are made from hard volcanic rock.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Ahu Vai Uri supports five moai of different sizes.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Ahu Tahai is set by a pasture.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ko Te Riku
|
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Ahu Ko Te Riku has a moai which wears a hat.
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1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ko Te Riku
|
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The moai has painted eyes. The red hat is called a topknot.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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An incomplete moai abandoned in a field.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Moai (statues) sit on ahu (mounds) and are found all over the island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Track along the west coast of the island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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The west coast.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Puna Pau
|
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Puna Pau is an ancient mining site.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Puna Pau
|
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Soft red stone used for hats on the famous statues was mined here.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Puna Pau
|
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The soft red stone used for hats for statues.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Ahu Akapu.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Easter Island is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Lava flow.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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The dramatic south coast.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Volcanic coastline.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Ahu Vinapu is a ruined site.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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The site is inland on a hill.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Fallen moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Half buried moai next to a wall.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Moai face in the ground.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Inca-like stone wall.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vinapu
|
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Figure with influence from the San Agustin culture in Colombia.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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View of the South coast of the island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Many ahu (mounds) and moai (statues) are scattered along the South coast.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Toppled moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Dramatic lava beach.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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The site of Ahu Vaihu.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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Ahu Vaihu has eight fallen moai caused by civil wars on the island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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Topknots are the red hats worn by some moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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The moai are made of basalt.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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Bones beneath an ahu.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Vaihu
|
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View along the coast at Ahu Vaihu.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Volcanos dot the landscape.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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The coast is battered by the Pacific Ocean.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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The coastal road is no more than a dirt track.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Horses grazing.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Akhanga
|
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Akhanga is a site with fallen moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Akhanga
|
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Moai falling into the sea.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Akhanga
|
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Moai lie broken on the lava.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Moai on the ground abandoned while being moved.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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An abandoned moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Lava beach.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The crater is the quarry for the hard basalt used to carve moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Fifty moai in all stages of development are scattered around the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Moai in Rano Raraku Crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Half buried moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Three of the unfinished moai in the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Two half buried moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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View from the Rano Raraku crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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An unfinished moai, typical of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Unfinished moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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This crater is called the nursary.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The slopes of the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Half buried moai at an angle.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The landscape around the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Fifty moai in all stages of development are scattered on the outer slopes of the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The steep slopes of the crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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A moai in its original location.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The inner slopes of the crater are lined with 80 moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Each moai has a unique face.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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It has been estimated that over 600 moai have been extracted from this site.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Twin moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Unique faced moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The crater rim.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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The crater lake.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Rano Raraku
|
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Moai by the crater lake.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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View out to sea.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Tongariki
|
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View of Ahu Tongariki by the sea.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Tongariki
|
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This ahu is the largest ever built with eight moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Tongariki
|
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The moai face away from te sea.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Tongariki
|
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The moai are the most famous feature of Easter Island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Tongariki
|
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Two half buried moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Volcanic crater.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Steep cliff.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Rocky lava beach with Chilean navy vessel at sea.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Ahu Te Pito Te Kura has the largest moai ever erected (10m long).
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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Anakena beach.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
|
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View from Anakena beach.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ature
|
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A line of Moai at Ahu Ature.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ature
|
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The site was restored using traditional methods over 18 days.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ature
|
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The moai are topped by red hats called topknots.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ature
|
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View of the moai.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
Site / Event : Ahu Ature
|
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Detail of a moai head with a red topknot.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Hanga Roa is the island's small capital.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Hanga Roa is the village like capital of Easter Island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Typical house.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Boat houses.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Ahu Tautira has a broken moai and is at the edge of the main village.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
|
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Catholic shrine.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
Site / Event : Museum
|
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The yet-to-be translated Rongo Rongo script.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Stone heads are the oldest carvings on the island.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
Site / Event : Museum
|
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Wooden carved figures displaying protruding ribs.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
Site / Event : Independence Day
|
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Chiliean Independence Day celebrations.
|
1994 |
| Chile |
State / Province : Easter Island
City / Town : Hanga Roa
Site / Event : Independence Day
|
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Settlers from the mainland.
|
1994 |
were added from 1 February 2025.