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Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 15 April 2013  Page Views: 6072

Multi-periodSite Name: Nan Madol
Country: Pacific Islands
NOTE: This site is 1091.189 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Palikir  Nearest Village: Tamworohi
Latitude: 6.845181N  Longitude: 158.333439E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Temple in Pacific Islands

Huge megalithic complex of artificial stone islands. The main island temple-platform (Marae) is called Nan Douwas. The platforms were built with natural basalt stone blocks.
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Re: Nan Madol by DavidHoyle on Thursday, 22 December 2022
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Interesting article on it - https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/12/enigmatic-canal-filled-ruins-may-have-been-above-water-when-built/
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Re: Nan Madol by davidmorgan on Monday, 18 July 2016
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A UNESCO World Heritage site from 2016 - http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1503
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