Volcano Rano Kau emerged after hundreds of thousands of years, followed by volcano Maunga Terevaka, which created the island as we know it through these eruptive processes. These three volcanos gave rise to tens of volcanic cones, providing Rapa N...

If you look through the gap of the volcano, you can see Ahu Tongariki . Inside the volcano, there are moai everywhere... Rano Raraku was the quarry wich supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known Moai were carved.

Search for the moai ! (they are almost everywhere !) Rano Raraku was the quarry that produced about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculpture (Moai).

This is a nearly global view of rano raraku quarry....

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. It was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and ...

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. It was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and ...