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Valparaíso Region

Motu Iti

Motu Iti, or Little island in the Rapa Nui language, is a small uninhabited islet near , about a mile from Rano Kau on the south western corner of , a island in the Pacific.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: islet off the southwestern coast of Easter Island
  • Also known as: “Islote Motu-Iti”, “Motu ʻIti”, and “Motu Iti (Rapa Nui)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Motu Nui and Motu Kao Kao.

Islet
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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.

Islet
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is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orongo and Hanga Roa.

Locality
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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 Iti.

Motu Iti

Latitude
-27.19944° or 27° 11′ 58″ south
Longitude
-109.45251° or 109° 27′ 9″ west
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
554GRG2W+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22388628
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
4030747
Wiki­data ID
Q3268206
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Motu Iti” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Motu Iti (Islla de Pascua)”
  • Asturian: “Motu Iti”
  • Azerbaijani: “Matu-İti”
  • Basque: “Motu Iti (Pazko uhartea)”
  • Basque: “Motu Iti”
  • Cebuano: “Motu Iti”
  • Cebuano: “Motu-Iti”
  • Finnish: “Motu Iti (Pääsiäissaari)”
  • Finnish: “Motu Iti”
  • French: “Motu Iti (Île de Pâques)”
  • French: “Motu Iti”
  • German: “Motu Iti (Osterinsel)”
  • German: “Motu Iti”
  • Japanese: “モツ・イチ”
  • Polish: “Motu Iti (Wyspa Wielkanocna)”
  • Polish: “Motu Iti”
  • Russian: “Моту-Ити”
  • Spanish: “Islote Iti”
  • Spanish: “Motu Iti (Isla de Pascua)”
  • Spanish: “Motu Iti”
  • Swedish: “Motu Iti”
  • Swedish: “Motu-Iti”
  • “Motu Iti”
  • “Motu-Iti”
  • “Motuiti”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Motu Iti”. Photo: GuillermoKopp, CC BY-SA 3.0.