Like The Rays Of The Sun

Using GPS coordinates to map the location of the Ahu/Moai and determining the most simple and easiest method of using existing landmarks to triangulate a direction for navigation would be to find to the midpoint between a pair of Ahu/Moai along the shoreline and draw a line from that point to another significant landmark further inland. In terms of visibility, the higher elevated the landmark is topographically, the easier it is to see. The highest point on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is atop Volcano Terevaka and from sea is visible in every direction. Radiating directional bearings from this high point and midway between a pair of Ahu/Moai, lines were protracted into the sea and well beyond. The example below depicts how Ahu/Moai Maikati Te Moa and Te Peu point directly towards the North Island of New Zealand. From the ocean, the conditions would look similar to the sketch in Figure 10b