Ahu Tongariki

E10107

ahu ceremonial platform

Ahu Tongariki is the largest ceremonial platform on Easter Island, famous for its restored row of 15 massive moai statues facing inland from the southeastern coast.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ahu Tongariki canonical	5
Ahu Akivi	1
moai statues	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ahu ⓘ ceremonial platform ⓘ
associatedCulture	Rapa Nui people ⓘ
country	Chile ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Rapa Nui statue-building period ⓘ
damageEvent	1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
damageType	moai toppled by tsunami ⓘ
facing	Poike Peninsula ⓘ
function	ancestral cult platform ⓘ ceremonial center ⓘ
hasAccess	road from Hanga Roa ⓘ
hasFeature	backed by cliffs and ocean views ⓘ row of 15 restored moai statues ⓘ stone platform ⓘ
hasMoaiWithPukao	yes ⓘ
hasNameLanguage	Rapa Nui language ⓘ
hasStatueType	moai ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Rapa Nui National Park ⓘ
locatedIn	Rapa Nui National Park ⓘ
locatedOn	southeastern coast of Easter Island ⓘ
location	Easter Island ⓘ
majorRestorationPeriod	1990s ⓘ
management	Rapa Nui National Park ⓘ surface form: Rapa Nui National Park administration
materialOfMoai	tuff ⓘ
moaiArrangement	single continuous row ⓘ
moaiFacingDirection	westward toward the island interior ⓘ
nameMeaning	Tongariki altar (approximate) ⓘ
near	Poike Peninsula ⓘ Rano Raraku ⓘ
numberOfMoai	15 ⓘ
orientationOfMoai	facing inland ⓘ
originalConstruction	prehistoric period of Rapa Nui culture ⓘ
ownership	Chile ⓘ surface form: Chilean state
platformOrientation	parallel to coastline ⓘ
restoration	20th century ⓘ
restoredBy	Government of Chile ⓘ surface form: Chilean government Japanese crane company Tadano ⓘ
significance	largest ahu on Easter Island ⓘ largest ceremonial platform on Easter Island ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction on Easter Island ⓘ
usedFor	archaeological research ⓘ cultural ceremonies ⓘ
viewingHighlight	sunrise over the moai ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Ahu Tongariki
Description of subject: Ahu Tongariki is the largest ceremonial platform on Easter Island, famous for its restored row of 15 massive moai statues facing inland from the southeastern coast.

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Island → hasArchaeologicalSite → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

Rapa Nui people → knownFor → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

this entity surface form: moai statues

Rano Raraku → near → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

Terevaka → hasTouristTrailFrom → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ahu Akivi

ahu (ceremonial platforms) → notableExample → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

Rapa Nui National Park → contains → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ

Special Territory of Rapa Nui → hasCulturalSite → Ahu Tongariki ⓘ