South America
Chile
Valparaíso Region

Orongo

Orongo 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.
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Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Islet
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, 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanga Roa.

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 5 km north of Orongo.

Orongo

Latitude
-27.18928° or 27° 11′ 21″ south
Longitude
-109.44323° or 109° 26′ 36″ west
Elevation
283 metres (928 feet)
Open location code
554GRH64+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1243637849
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
12087293
Wiki­data ID
Q1551834
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Orongo” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Orongo”
  • Catalan: “Orongo”
  • Chinese: “奧龍戈”
  • Czech: “Orongo”
  • Dutch: “Orongo”
  • French: “Orongo”
  • German: “Orongo”
  • Hebrew: “אורונגו”
  • Italian: “Orongo”
  • Japanese: “オロンゴ”
  • Polish: “Orongo”
  • Portuguese: “Orongo”
  • Slovenian: “Orongo”
  • Spanish: “Orongo”
  • “ʻŌroŋo”
  • “Orongo”
  • “Oroŋo”
  • “Ōroŋo”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Guardaparque Oroŋo and Rano Kau.

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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 “Orongo”. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.