There is no place in the world like Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui ... a tiny dot in the middle of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Travelers have long been fascinated by the hundreds ...

Easter Island is home to approximately 1,000 large ... which indicates that banana plants—a species that could not have crossed the ocean without human intervention—were present on the island ...

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) may be a remote speck in the vast Pacific Ocean, but this volcanic island has much to offer travelers. From the iconic moai statues that dot the landscape to natural ...

The only other place it's viewable from will be Easter Island, 3,700 kilometers) off the Chilean coast in the Pacific Ocean. It's home to about 1,00 monliths called moai that stare at the ocean ...

National Geographic reported in 2022 that there were 1,043 complete statues on Easter Island. The moai are carved out of volcanic stone. Most face inland, except for seven that face the ocean.

The Warner Free Lecture will be in Volunteers Hall Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. with Christina Thompson, who will talk about ...

It is daunting to imagine a voyage to Easter Island from any direction, which would have taken a minimum of two weeks, covering several thousand miles of seemingly endless ocean. It is clear ...

It crosses Easter Island (Rapa Nui), known for its giant stone ... creating a brief "ring of fire" across the Pacific Ocean, Patagonia, and the Atlantic Ocean. 6. Only Two Countries Will See ...

It's Rapa Nui - Easter Island - the most remote inhabited island ... The people of the southern Pacific Ocean, the Polynesians, were without question the greatest open ocean voyagers in the ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...