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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...