Moai Paro

Moai Paro stands approximately 10 meters (about 33 feet) tall, making it the largest moai ever successfully erected on Easter Island. It is located at the ahu platform known as Ahu Te Pito Kura on the island's northeast coast.

Moai Paro stands at Ahu Te Pito Kura, an archaeological site on the northeastern coast of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The site also features a large spherical stone known as the "navel of the world," which according to oral tradition was brought to the island by the first Polynesian king.

Estimates place the weight of Moai Paro at roughly 82 tons, making it both the tallest and heaviest moai ever raised upright on an ahu. This feat of engineering by the Rapa Nui people remains remarkable given the island's limited resources and technology.

No, Moai Paro now lies face-down, having toppled from its ahu platform, like nearly all of Easter Island's upright moai. Most moai were toppled during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, likely due to a combination of internal conflict, earthquakes, and neglect.

Ahu Te Pito Kura is one of the most significant archaeological sites on Easter Island, combining the massive toppled Moai Paro with a large magnetic stone called Te Pito o te Henua ("the navel of the world"). The site is considered a place of spiritual power in Rapa Nui culture.