Easter Island's most famous feature is its huge stone statues, more than 200 of which once stood on massive stone platforms lining the coast.
At least 700 more,
in all stages of completion,
were abandoned in quarries or on ancient roads between the quarries and the coast.
Most of the erected statues were carved in a single quarry containing a soft, volcanic stone and transported as far as six miles-despite heights as great as 33 feet and weights up to 82 tons.
The abandoned statues, meanwhile, were as much as 65 feet tall and weighed up to 270 tons.
The stone platforms were equally gigantic : up to 500 feet long and 10 feet high, with facing slabs weighing up to 10 tons.