Easter Island — also called Isla de Pascua and Rapa Nui — is famed worldwide for its moai, giant stone monoliths carved in the 12th and 13th centuries that (mostly) gaze inwards from its rocky ...

Easter Island may be the most mysterious place on Earth. Lying 2,300 miles away from Chile, the country that governs the island, it's the most remote populated island on Earth. Some 5,800 hardy souls ...

Rapa Nui –nombre indí­gena de la Isla de Pascua– ofrece el testimonio de un fenómeno cultural único en el mundo. Asentada en esta isla hacia el año 300 d.C., una sociedad de origen polinesio creó, al ...

R APA NUI (EASTER ISLAND), Chile — Eclipse-chasers from across the globe gathered on remote Rapa Nui — also known as Isla de Pascua and Easter Island — to witness a fabulous "ring of fire ...

Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local language and Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is a Chilean dependency in the Pacific Ocean that is famous for the “moai” statues that dot its landscape.

Largest moai fallen while being erected: Location: Ahu Hanga Te Tenga Height: 33.10 feet (9.94 meters) Smallest standing moai: Location: Poike Height: 3.76 feet (1.13 meters) ...

Heading to Hanga Roa. Easter Island (Isla de Pascua to Chileans and Rapa Nui to the Polynesian natives) lies roughly halfway between mainland Chile, 3,700km to the east, and Tahiti, 4,000km to the ...

Easter Island, known as Rapa Nui in the local language and Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is a Chilean dependency in the Pacific Ocean that is famous for the “moai” statues that dot its landscape.