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Morongo Uta (Rapa Iti)

City / RuinsPacificFrench Polynesiac. 1300 CEPolynesian

Polynesian fortified hilltop settlement on Rapa Iti in French Polynesia. Terraced earthwork pā with stone retaining walls covering an entire mountain ridge. Built and occupied ~1300–1800 CE. The most elaborate Polynesian fortification on Earth, and one of the most isolated.

-27.6225°, -144.3469°

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