- Motu Iti (Rapa Nui)
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This is about an islet off Easter Island not Motu Iti (Marquesas Islands)
Motu Iti, or Little island is a small uninhabited islet near Motu Nui, about a mile from Rano Kau on the south western corner of Easter Island, a Chilean island in the Pacific.
Nowadays it is a bird sanctuary and part of the Rapa Nui National Park but until the late nineteenth century CE it was important to the Rapanui people both as their best source[1] of obsidian for sharp edged tools and for an annual harvest of eggs and fledglings from the seabirds that nested on it. Motu Iti is the summit of a large volcanic mountain which rises over 2,000 meters from the sea bed.
Seabirds nesting on Motu Iti include the Sooty Tern.
See also
References
- ^ Flenley and Bahn The enigmas of Easter Island 2003 ISBN 0-19280340-9
Polynesia Polynesian triangle Polynesian outliers Anuta · Emae · Futuna · Kapingamarangi · Loyalty Islands · Mele · Nuguria · Nukumanu · Nukuoro · Ontong Java · Ouvéa · Pileni · Rennell · Sikaiana · Takuu · TikopiaPolynesian-influenced Coordinates: 27°11′44″S 109°26′59″W / 27.19556°S 109.44972°W
Categories:- Easter Island
- Chile geography stubs
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