Puna Pau

Maunga Puna Pau is a small crater or cinder cone and prehistoric quarry on the outskirts of in the south west of . Puna Pau gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: scoria cone and quarry on Easter Island
  • Also known as: “pukao factory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hospital Hanga Roa and Holy Cross Church, Hanga Roa.

Hospital
Photo: Gobierno de Chile, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 1½ km west of Puna Pau.

Church
Photo: Uncommon fritillary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Holy Cross Church, also known as the Catholic Church of Hanga Roa, or simply the Hanga Roa Church is a Catholic Church in Te Pito Te Henua Street in the city of , the capital and greater city of the , a Territory of in the Pacific Ocean. is situated 2 km west of Puna Pau.

Photo: YogiBubuJinxPixiDixi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a particular sacred place on the island of Rapa Nui, looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. The site has seven moai, all of equal shape and size, and is also known as a celestial observatory that was set up around the 16th century. is situated 3½ km north of Puna Pau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanga Roa and Orongo.

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.

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. is situated 6 km southwest of Puna Pau.

Puna Pau

Latitude
-27.14766° or 27° 8′ 52″ south
Longitude
-109.40373° or 109° 24′ 13″ west
Open location code
554GVH2W+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6556430294
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q3496141
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Spanish—“Puna Pau” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Puna Pau”
  • Dutch: “Puna Pau”
  • Esperanto: “Puna Pau”
  • French: “Puna Pau”
  • Italian: “Puna Pau”
  • Japanese: “プナパウ”
  • Polish: “Puna Pau”
  • Russian: “Пуна Пау”
  • Russian: “Пуна-Пау”
  • Spanish: “Puna Pau”
  • “Puna A Pau”
  • “Puna Pau”
  • “Punapau”

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