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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast. In the far background the village of Hanga Roa, the only settlement on the island with roughly 3.000 inhabitants.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast. La Perouse Bay where French navigator J.F.Galaup,comte de la Perouse,landed in 1786.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.Cattle and horses graze in the plain between the three extinct volcanos
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.Cattle and horses graze in the plain between the three extinct volcanos
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.The Ranu Raraku volcano with its tuff quarry rises sharply from the costal plain.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast. Uncontrolled cutting left the island almost tree-less by the 18th century;palm trees and eucalyptus have been planted over the past decades.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.View from the island's highest peak,Mount Terevaka (567 m) towards Rano Kau volcano.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.The crater of Rano Kau volcano is filled with bog.The tuff from its rim was used for Easter Island's famous statues.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic isl...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.The crater of Rano Kau volcano is filled with bog.The tuff from its rim was used for Easter Island's famous statues.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic island 3,790 kms west of the Chilean coast.The crater of Rano Kau volcano is filled with bog.The tuff from its rim was used for Easter Island's famous statues.
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Easter Island,called Rapa Nui by its Polynesian in- habitants, is a volcanic...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock.An unfinished "moai"lies on the inner rim of the crater.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...

Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff of the crater walls of Rano Raraku volcano.Each statue had its front and sides finished before being detached from the bedrock.An unfinished "moai"lies on the immer rim of the crater.
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Easter Island:the famous "moai"-statues were all quarried from the tuff o...