Ahu Tongariki

Fifteen moai put back up: Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Rapa Nui. Its statues were toppled during the island's civil wars, and in 1960 a tsunami from the earthquake off Chile swept the whole platform inland. It was substantially restored in the 1990s by a team led by Claudio Cristino and Patricia Vargas Casanova, and now carries fifteen moai, one of them 86 tonnes and the heaviest ever raised on the island. Coordinates: Wikidata -27.1258/-109.2769 = OSM -27.1257/-109.2769. Sources checked 2026-09-29: CONAF live; UNESCO 715 returned 403 from this seat.

Dated events and their evidence

1960 CE mainstream
a tsunami from the Chilean earthquake sweeps the ahu inland source
1995 CE mainstream
substantially restored during the 1990s source

Where

27.1258° S, 109.2769° W

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahu_Tongariki

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