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Multi-periodSite Name: Orongo Alternative Name: Hoa Hkanananai'aCountry: Easter Island
NOTE: This site is 2784.83 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Hanga Roa
Latitude: 27.18927S Longitude: 109.4432W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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This is the ceremonial village and is located on the narrowest edge of Rano Kau.
From here some of the islands men would race down the extremely steep cliff face, and swim across to Moto Nui. On Moto Nui they would wait until the first seabirds arrived and nested. The first person to swim back across and back up the cliff to Orongo would become the new leader.
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