Average height4 m
2.2 tenthsBowling lane lengths
1 hundredthsSupertankers
1.3 tenthsBlue whale lengths
Typical Moai height
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Moai Heads
Easter Island's enigmatic stone guardians/Statues & Monuments
The Moai of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are monolithic human figures carved between 1250 and 1500 CE. Though called 'heads,' most Moai actually have full bodies -- they're just buried up to their necks. Nearly half of the 900 known Moai never left the quarry at Rano Raraku, suggesting the islanders were ambitious but may have overcommitted on the project.
Measurements
Average mass12,500 kg
5 billionMosquito weights
202 billionEyelashes
Average weight of a Moai
Tallest erected Moai (Paro)10 m
1.8 tenthsLeaning Towers of Pisa
3.3 tenthsLighthouse heights
200,000Plant cells
Heaviest erected Moai (Paro)82,000 kg
3.28Loaded garbage trucks
273 octillionGlucose molecule weights
10,250Raccoons
About 82 tonnes
Largest unfinished Moai height21 m
27.6Cello lengths
3.44Boxing ring sides
El Gigante, still attached to bedrock at Rano Raraku
Average head-to-body ratio1.5 m
5 billionthsLight-seconds
1.25Ski pole lengths
Heads are about 3/8 of total body length