Rano Raraku

Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of in the Rapa Nui National Park on in .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: volcanic crater on Easter Island
  • Also known as: “Rano Raraku (volcano)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ahu Tongariki and Tukuturi.

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is the largest on . Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

Volcano
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is one of the three main extinct volcanoes that form , a island in the Pacific Ocean. At 370 metres above sea level, 's peak is the island's second-highest point after the peak of the extinct volcano . is situated 4 km northeast of Rano Raraku.

Rano Raraku

Latitude
-27.12208° or 27° 7′ 20″ south
Longitude
-109.2885° or 109° 17′ 19″ west
Open location code
554GVPH6+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2311203621
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q937167
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Rano Raraku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رانو راراكو”
  • Asturian: “Rano Raraku”
  • Basque: “Rano Raraku”
  • Catalan: “Rano Raraku”
  • Cebuano: “Rano Raraku”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕانۆ ​​ڕاراکو”
  • Chinese: “拉諾拉拉庫”
  • Czech: “Rano Raraku”
  • Dutch: “Rano Raraku”
  • Esperanto: “Rano Raraku”
  • French: “Rano Raraku”
  • Georgian: “რანო-რარაკუ”
  • German: “Rano Raraku”
  • Indonesian: “Rano Raraku”
  • Italian: “Rano Raraku”
  • Japanese: “ラノ・ララク”
  • Kazakh: “Рано Рараку”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rano Raraku”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rano Raraku”
  • Norwegian: “Rano Raraku”
  • Persian: “رانو راراکو”
  • Polish: “Rano Raraku”
  • Portuguese: “Rano Raraku”
  • Russian: “Рано-Рараку”
  • Slovenian: “Rano Raraku”
  • Spanish: “Rano Raraku”
  • Spanish: “Silla de San Carlos”
  • Swedish: “Rano Raraku (vulkan i Chile)”
  • Swedish: “Rano Raraku”
  • Turkish: “Rano Raraku”
  • Ukrainian: “Рано-Рараку”
  • “Rano Raraku”
  • “Ranoraraku”

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