At Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island's largest ceremonial platform, 15 moai stand in a row with their backs to the sea. The statues, toppled by a tsunami, were re-erected in the 1990s with Japanese help.
Sighting & Incident Site
Ahu Tongariki (Easter Island)
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
| Encyclopedia | Moai |
|---|---|
| Location | Chile Easter Island |
| Type of place | Historic site or landmark |
| Map position | Approximately the actual place |
Giant stone statues of human faces on Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in the South Pacific. About 900 exist, carved between around the 10th and 16th centuries. Thought to honor ancestors, how they were moved was long a mystery.