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Ahu Te Pito Kura

Beside Bahía La Pérouse, a nearly 10m-long moai lies facedown with its neck broken; it's the largest moai moved from Rano Raraku and erected on an ahu. A topknot – oval rather than round as at Vinapu – lies nearby.

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