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Easter Islan (Rapa Nui in the Rapa Nui language, Isla de Pascua in Spanish language), is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian triangle. The island is an overseas territory of Chile. Easter Island is famous for its monumental statues, called moai (IPA: /ˈmoʊаɪ/), created by the Rapanui people. It is a world heritage site with much of the island protected within the Rapa Nui National Park.

Trivia about easter island

  • This island famous for its stone statues was annexed by Chile in 1888
  • Jakob Roggeveen discovered this South Pacific island 2 days after Good Friday, 1722
  • Mysteries on this island include the Rongo-Rongo Tablets & huge stone figures
  • Rano Raraku, a quarry on this South Pacific island, produced about 900 moai, or statues, some over 30' tall
  • In 1862 Peruvian slave raiders carried away about 1/3 of this Chilean island's population, but not the big heads
  • The only evidence of an indigenous form of writing in Polynesia comes from this island known for giant statues
  • William Hodges' painting of the statues on this south Pacific island may be seen at England's Nat. Maritime Museum
  • One program in the "Cousteau Odyssey" TV series was titled "Blind Prophets" of this island
  • The mysterious stone statues on this Chilean island vary in height from about 10 to 40 feet
  • Enormous stone figures called moai put this island on UNESCO's list
  • This island known for giant statues is also called Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua, "The Navel of the World"
  • A Brussels art & history museum has a giant statue from this Chilean island on exhibit
  • This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday
  • In 1888 Chile took possession of this "holiday" island 2,200 miles to the west & leased it to sheep raisers
  • It's where you'll find Chile's Isla de Pascua National Park
  • Chileans call it Isla de Pascua
  • If you can read this, you're the only one in the world who can decipher Rongorongo, a script from this island, 2,200 miles off Chile
  • Dutchman Jakob Roggeveen was the first European to report on the giant stone statues of this South Pacific isle
  • Spanish & Rapanui are principal languages spoken on this island 2,300 miles west of Chile
  • Go to the Met in NYC & you can see a ceremonial dance paddle called a "rapa" from Rapa Nui, aka this island
  • Huge stone statues are a feature of Chile's Rapa Nui National Park on this island
  • Almost all the inhabitants of this Chilean island live in the village of Hanga Roa on the west coast
  • There are more than 600 of those gigantic big head statues on this Chilean island
  • Also known as Rapa Nui, this Chilean island is known for strange statues & rongo-rongo hieroglyphs
  • Spanish is the official language of this island but a Polynesian language called Rapanui is also spoken
  • You might say the statuesque residents of this South Pacific island have big heads & are always on holiday
  • One of the statues excavated by Thor Heyerdahl here is more than 30 feet tall
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew points out Chile on a map.) Outside of its main land area, Chile also owns several islands, including this one way out in the South Pacific about 2300 miles away
  • This island's Mataveri Intl. Airport, the world's most remote, is serviced only by Chile's LAN Airlines
  • Th deforestation of this island 2,200 miles west of Chile may have led to the collapse of its society c. 1500
  • On the festive day of April 5, 1722 Jakob Roggeveen visited this South Pacific island

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