Te Pito Te Kura, Easter Island
This rock bears the name assigned to the ahu.  Legend has it that Te Pito Kura was brought from Tahiti with Hotu Matua and means "The Navel of Light", a name similar to the "Navel of the World, which the Island is sometimes referred to as.
©2000, Jeffrey L. Cooper

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