Cerro Moai
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Cerro Moai is a hill on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the west side of Cape Shirreff , the northern end of the John Paul II Peninsula , it rises on the headland of Punta Rapa Nui .
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it after its resemblance to the Moai on Easter Island .
Web links
- Moai, Cerro in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)