One of the Easter Island Moai statues that was carved but ... "There is an exceptionally 'tall' statue on Rapa Nui, known locally as El Gigante and said to be 20m long (66 feet).

One of the most remote inhabited locations on Earth, Easter Island ... quarry on the island’s south shore, where the statues were built. The largest discovered moai, named “El Gigante ...

On average, they stand 13 feet high and weigh 14 tons, human heads-on-torsos carved in the male form from rough hardened volcanic ash. The islanders call them "moai," and they have puzzled ...

El Gigante, at 72 feet (22 meters) and about 270 tons. Because most of its coastline is fringed by jagged, jet-black basalt, beaches on Easter Island are a rarity. Anakena Beach is the most ...