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Valparaíso Region

Motu Nui

Motu Nui is the largest of the islets located off the southwestern coast of and constitutes the westernmost point of . Covering an area of 3.9 hectares, it is the summit of a submerged volcanic mountain that rises over 2,000 meters from the seafloor.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: islet off the southwestern coast of Easter Island
  • Also known as: “Flat Rocks”, “Islote Motu-Nui”, and “Islote Mutu-Nui”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Motu Iti and Motu Kao Kao.

Islet
Photo: GuillermoKopp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Little island in the Rapa Nui language, is a small uninhabited islet near Motu Nui, about a mile from Rano Kau on the south western corner of , a island in the Pacific.

Islet
Photo: Ljuba brank, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orongo and Hanga Roa.

Locality
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a stone village and ceremonial center at the southwestern tip of Rapa Nui. It consists of a collection of low, sod-covered, windowless, round-walled buildings with even lower doors positioned on the high south-westerly tip of the large volcanic caldera called Rano Kau.

Town
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is the main town, harbour, and seat of , a municipality of . It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of and Rano Kau. is situated 6 km northeast of Motu Nui.

Motu Nui

Latitude
-27.2012° or 27° 12′ 4″ south
Longitude
-109.45319° or 109° 27′ 12″ west
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
554GQGXW+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22388657
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
4030745
Wiki­data ID
Q2288219
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Motu Nui” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Motu Nui”
  • Azerbaijani: “Motu-Nui”
  • Basque: “Motu Nui”
  • Belarusian: “Моту-Нуі”
  • Catalan: “Motu Nui”
  • Cebuano: “Motu Nui”
  • Cebuano: “Motu-Nui”
  • Chinese: “莫圖努伊島”
  • Czech: “Motu Nui”
  • Dutch: “Motu Nui”
  • Finnish: “Motu Nui”
  • French: “Motu Nui”
  • German: “Motu Nui”
  • Hebrew: “מוטו נוי”
  • Italian: “isola di Motu Nui”
  • Italian: “Isola di Motu Nui”
  • Italian: “Motu Nui”
  • Japanese: “モツ・ヌイ”
  • Japanese: “モトゥ・ヌイ”
  • Lombard: “Motu Nui”
  • Polish: “Motu Nui”
  • Portuguese: “Motu Nui”
  • Russian: “Моту Нуи”
  • Russian: “Моту-Нуи”
  • Russian: “Мотунуи”
  • Serbian: “Motu Nui”
  • Serbian: “Моту Нуи”
  • Spanish: “Islote Nui”
  • Spanish: “Islotes adyacentes a Isla de Pascua”
  • Spanish: “Motu Nui”
  • Swedish: “Motu Nui”
  • Swedish: “Motu-Nui”
  • Ukrainian: “Моту-Нуї”
  • “Motu Nui”
  • “Motu-Nui”
  • “Motunui”

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