Hotu-iti
![Outer slopes of Rano Raraku with twenty moai, some buried to the neck](/Images/godic/202501/18/Rano_Raraku_quarry5444.jpg")
![Six of the fifteen Ahu Tongariki moai](/Images/godic/202501/18/Ahu_Tongariki5444.jpg")
Hotu-iti (also, "Tongariki territory") is an area of southeastern Easter Island which derives its name from a local clan of the same name. Located in Rapa Nui National Park, it contains Rano Raraku crater, the Ahu Tongariki site, and a small bay. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Hotu-iti was one of two polities in Easter Island.