Ara Mahiva
A coastal track of Rapa Nui as Katherine Routledge recorded it on the Mana Expedition of 1914: a worn furrow said to run round the whole seaboard, on the north and west coasts along the tops of high cliffs, best seen up the western and southern edges of Rano Kao. Islanders called it supernatural work, made by a spirit named Mahiva. She found no link to the ahu or the old centres of population. This pin states what she saw; it gives no age for the track. Sources checked 2026-11-02: Routledge 1919, full text (Project Gutenberg 69807).
Dated events and their evidence
- 1919 CE mainstream
described by Routledge in The Mystery of Easter Island (1919), observed on the Mana Expedition in 1914; this is a record of the track, not its age source
Where
27.1900° S, 109.4400° W
Approximate: Ara Mahiva is a track said to run round the whole seaboard of Rapa Nui, not a point. Routledge (1919) says it is best seen running up the western and southern edges of Rano Kao, so the pin marks that rim; it does not locate the track itself. The moai roads studied by Richards and colleagues (2011) are a different network.
Sources
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69807
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mana_Expedition_to_Easter_Island
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.