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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Travel Day -> Easter Island

Easter Island (Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. In recent times the island has served as a warning of the cultural and environmental dangers of exploitation. Ethnographers and archaeologists also blame diseases carried by European sailors and Peruvian slave raiding of the 1860s for devastating the local peoples. Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (50 residents) is Pitcairn Island at 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi), and the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, at 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi).

Easter Island is a special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888. Administratively, it belongs to the Valparaíso Region and more specifically, is the only commune of the Province Isla de Pascua.

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CLICK HERE TO VIEW EXCAVATIONS OF EASTER ISLAND'S STATUES

CLICK HERE FOR FACTS ABOUT EASTER ISLAND

CLICK HERE FOR THE MYSTERY OF EASTER ISLAND

1 comment:

Marie said...

I would think this is the ultimate vacation, albeit short. Imagine rats destroying a whole island. The statues, beautiful people and scenery would make it ideal for someone who has been every where. Good presentation. Learned a lot more than I knew about Easter Island.

March 23, 2013 at 7:51 PM

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