Ahu Tongariki
Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Easter Island. Its moais were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami.Photo: Balou46, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: ahu on Easter Island
- Also known as: “Ahu Toŋariki”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tukuturi and Poike.
Tukuturi
Work of art
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tukuturi is a work of art, which is situated 1 km west of Ahu Tongariki.
Poike
Volcano
Photo: American, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui, a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. At 370 metres above sea level, Poike's peak is the island's second-highest point after the peak of the extinct volcano Terevaka. Poike is situated 3 km northeast of Ahu Tongariki.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rano Raraku.
Rano Raraku
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile.
Ahu Tongariki
- Categories: ahu, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Valparaiso, Chile, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-27.12577° or 27° 7′ 33″ southLongitude
-109.27699° or 109° 16′ 37″ westOpen location code
554GVPFF+M6OpenStreetMap ID
way 221696391OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3448354
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Ahu Tongariki” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آهو تونغاريكي”
- Azerbaijani: “Ahu Tonqariki”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاھو تۆنگاریکی”
- Chinese: “阿胡東加里奇”
- Croatian: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Czech: “Ahu Tongariki”
- French: “Ahu Tongariki”
- German: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Greek: “Άχου Τονγκαρίκι”
- Hindi: “आहू टोंगारिकी”
- Japanese: “アフ・トンガリキ”
- Persian: “آهو تونگاریکی”
- Portuguese: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Russian: “Аху Тонгарики”
- Serbian: “Аху Тонгарики”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Slovenian: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Spanish: “Ahu Tongariki”
- Turkish: “Ahu Tongariki”
- “Ahu Tonga Riki”
- “Ahu Tongariki”
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Highlights include Petroglifos and Hotu Iti.
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