Rano Raraku
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Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile. It was a quarry for
Outer slopes of Rano Raraku with many moai, some half-buried, some left still "under construction" near the mountain.
Panorama of Rano Raraku's crater lake
Rano Raraku seen from the south
An incomplete moai in quarry
Moai
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Moai or moꞌai are monolithic human figures carved from stone by the Rapa Nui people, on Rapa Nui in eastern Polynesia between the years 1250 and 1500. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main mo
Moai facing inland at Ahu Tongariki, restored by Chilean archaeologist Claudio Cristino in the 1990s
Moai set in the hillside at Rano Raraku
Moʻai quarry at Rano Raraku
Re-erected tuff moai at Ahu Tahai with restored pukao and replica eyes