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    Rano Kau is a 324 m (1,063 ft) tall extinct volcano that forms the southwestern headland of Easter Island, a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. It was...
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    663 ft) above mean sea level. There are three Rano (freshwater crater lakes), at Rano Kau, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi, near the summit of Terevaka, but no...
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    663 ft) above mean sea level. There are three Rano (freshwater crater lakes), at Rano Kau, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi, near the summit of Terevaka, but no...
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    west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of Terevaka and Rano Kau. Hanga Roa in the native Rapa Nui language means "wide bay" or "long bay"...
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    Map of Rapa Nui showing Terevaka, Poike and Rano Kau Terevaka from space with Hanga Roa above and Rano Kau at top – a west up photo from Nasa List of volcanoes...
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    islet of Motu Nui, swim back to Rapa Nui, and climb the sea cliffs of Rano Kau to the clifftop village of Orongo. In the Rapa Nui mythology, the deity...
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    positioned on the high south-westerly tip of the large volcanic caldera called Rano Kau. Below Orongo on one side a 300-meter barren cliff face drops down to the...
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    Rano Karno (born 8 October 1960) is an Indonesian actor and politician who served as Governor of Banten from 2014 to 2017. As a result of his fame gained...
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    Roa, the island's only town. The diving in the sea between Motu Nui and Kau Kau is exceptional, and it is a highly sought-after scuba diving location for...
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    (820 ft), on a narrow ridge between the ocean, and the deep crater of Rano Kau volcano, which last erupted about 150,000 to 210,000 years ago. The earliest...
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    and nearly reaches the west coast, almost separating the mountain of Rano Kau from the rest of the island. The airport is the main point of entry for...
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    and Chilean Government and International Fund for Monuments surveyed Rano Kau and its environs (Quadrangles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6). The expedition involved survey...
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  • giant stone statues (moai), the quarries at Rano Raraku and Puna Pau, the ceremonial village of Orongo on Rano Kau, as well as many other sites throughout...
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  • Birdmen (Tangata manu) paintings in a cave at the foot of Rano Kau, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)....
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    (Australia) Piton des Neiges (Réunion, France) Poike (Easter Island, Chile) Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile) Slieve Gullion (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)...
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    language, is a small uninhabited islet near Motu Nui, about a mile from Rano Kau on the south western corner of Easter Island, a Chilean island in the Pacific...
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  • Mauna Loa (Hawaii, US) Mount Warning (Australia) Prospect Hill (Australia) Rano Kau (Easter Island, Chile) Reporoa caldera (New Zealand) Antarctica Deception...
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    except for a pond in a golf course), Honolulu, Oahu USA, Hawaii Rano Kau, Rano Raraku and Rano Aroi (Ma′unga Terevaka) Chile, Easter Island Anatahan (intermittent...
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    is currently mostly covered in grassland with nga'atu or bulrush (Schoenoplectus californicus tatora) in the crater lakes of Rano Raraku and Rano Kau....
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    tip of the island. It faced towards an extinct volcanic crater known as Rano Kau, with its back turned to the sea. It may have been made for this location...
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    A plaque, written in Portuguese, commemorating the discovery of sirolimus on Easter Island, near Rano Kau...
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  • Group, in the background: Puntiagudo and Osorno Aerial view of Cerro Azul Rano Kau crater on Easter Island Poike volcano, in the foreground, Ahu Tongariki...
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    Birdmen (Tangata manu) paintings in a cave at the foot of Rano Kau, Rapa Nui (Easter island)....
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    beach and turquoise shallows almost the only gap in the island's surf. Rano Kau is at top with Hanga Roa just below it and Terevaka prominent above Anakena...
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    crater rim. A number of bird fossils have been found in the lake deposits. Rano Kau on Easter Island resembles the former Ulupaʻu Head lake. Many vents of...
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    8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. "Armada de Chile | Rano-Kau, Lancha Patrullera Costera". armada.cl. September 28, 2013. Archived from...
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    Rano Kau, Parque National Rapa Nui, Easter Island...
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  • Iva Chant, Marquesas Islands", "Hawaiian Hula Drums", "Conche Horns of Rano Kau, Rapa Nui, Easter Island" and "Chiefs and Orators 2 from Upolu, Samoa"...
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    cave is near the start of the Sendero Te Ara o Te Ao, trails that lead to Rano Kau and Orongo. Kindersley, D. (2011). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Chile &...
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    Nui Commune Flag Coat of arms Easter Island map showing Terevaka, Poike, Rano Kau, Motu Nui, Orongo, and Mataveri; major ahus are marked with moai Isla de...
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