Anakena

Not to be confused with Anakena (Wine).
Ahu Ature on Anakena Beach.

Anakena is a white coral sand beach in Rapa Nui National Park on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. Anakena has two ahus; Ahu-Ature has a single moai and Ahu Nao-Nao has seven, two of which have deteriorated.[1] It also has a palm grove and a car park.

Anakena is unusual for Easter Island in that it is one of only two small sandy beaches in an otherwise rocky coastline.

A colour photo from space showing a brownish triangular island in a dark blue sea; all partially obscured by white clouds especially on the left.
Easter Island from space with Anakena bottom left, its sandy beach and turquoise shallows almost the only gap in the island's surf. Rano Kau is at top with Hanga Roa just below it and Terevaka prominent above Anakena. A west up photo from NASA.
  1. ^ "Anakena - tropical Easter Island beach with palm trees and moai statues". easterislandtraveling.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.