Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chile features the monumental moai statues of Rapa Nui?

Rapa Nui National Park is the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chile that features the monumental moai statues of Rapa Nui.

Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, lies in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and is administered by Chile. The park protects archaeological landscapes created by the island's Polynesian inhabitants, including ceremonial platforms called ahu, quarries, caves, and hundreds of moai. These carved figures generally represent deified ancestors or important ancestral figures.

The main quarry at Rano Raraku contains unfinished statues and provides evidence of how the moai were carved from volcanic tuff. Ahu platforms, especially those near the coast, were important ceremonial settings. The island's archaeological record records a distinctive Polynesian culture that developed in geographic isolation.

Rapa Nui National Park was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1995. “Easter Island” is a common English name, while Rapa Nui is the island's Indigenous Polynesian name. The park should not be confused with the entire administrative territory of the island, even though major archaeological areas are protected within it.