Easter Island (Rapa Nui : Rapa Nui; Spanish : Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people.
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- Only about a dozen eventually returned to Easter Island, but they brought smallpox, which decimated the remaining population of 1,500.
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- In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.
- One of the world's most famous yet least visited archaeological sites, Easter Island is a small, hilly, now treeless island of volcanic origin.
- Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is a tiny island known for its huge moai statues scattered all over the island.
- European contact with the island began in 1722, on Easter Sunday, when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen encountered 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants on the island.
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- The map of Easter Island is a fascinating subject for exploration. It shows the shape of the island, its topography, and the location of all the Moai statues.
- Due to its natural, historical and cultural manifestations, Easter Island , or Rapa Nui , is one of the most attractive places in the world.
- The island was first seen by the Dutch explorer Jakob Roggeveen, on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1722, an occasion that gave the island its name.
