Punau Pau is a quarry in a small crater or cinder cone
Cinder cone
According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone ... on the outskirts of Hanga Roa
Hanga Roa
Hanga Roa is the main town, harbour and capital of the Chilean province of Easter Island. It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of Terevaka and Rano Kau.... in the South West of Easter Island
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile.... (a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan.... ). Puna Pau also gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site located on Easter Island, Chile. The park is divided into seven sections. :*Rano Kau *Puna Pau .... .
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Punau Pau is a quarry in a small crater or cinder cone
Cinder cone
According to the , Cinder Cone is the proper name of 1 cinder cone in Canada and 7 cinder cones in the United States:In Canada: Cinder Cone ... on the outskirts of Hanga Roa
Hanga Roa
Hanga Roa is the main town, harbour and capital of the Chilean province of Easter Island. It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of Terevaka and Rano Kau.... in the South West of Easter Island
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile.... (a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan.... ). Puna Pau also gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui National Park
Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site located on Easter Island, Chile. The park is divided into seven sections. :*Rano Kau *Puna Pau .... .
Scoria is a textural term for Vesicular texturevolcanic rock. It is commonly, but not exclusively, basaltic or andesite in composition. Scoria is light as a result of numerous macroscopic ellipsoidal vesicles, but most scoria has a specific gravity greater than 1, and sinks in water.... that the Rapanui
Rapanui
The Rapanui or Rapa Nui are the native Polynesian culture inhabitants of Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean . Today, Rapanui people make up 60% of Easter Island's population.... used to carve the Pukao (topknots) that they put on the heads of some of their iconic Moai statues.
The stone from Puna Pau was also used for a few non-standard Moai
Moai
'Moai' are monolithic human figures carved from rock on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui between 1250 and 1500 Common Era. Nearly half are still at Rano Raraku, the main moai quarry, but hundreds were transported from there and set on stone platforms called Easter Island#Ahu around the island's perimeter.... including Tukuturi
Rano Raraku
Rano Raraku is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island.... and also for some Petroglyphs
Easter Island
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeastern most point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is a special territory of Chile.... .
Scoria is a textural term for Vesicular texturevolcanic rock. It is commonly, but not exclusively, basaltic or andesite in composition. Scoria is light as a result of numerous macroscopic ellipsoidal vesicles, but most scoria has a specific gravity greater than 1, and sinks in water.... from Puna Pau
Puna Pau
Punau Pau is a quarry in a small crater or cinder cone on the outskirts of Hanga Roa in the South West of Easter Island . Puna Pau also gives its name to one of the seven regions of the Rapa Nui National Park....
