2006-10-13 03:22:42 · 10 answers · asked by ??? 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Easter Island.
2006-10-13 03:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Easter Island
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Easter Island
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Easter Island
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Easter Island
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Christmas Island
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Easter island
2006-10-15 10:48:30 · answer #7 · answered by Dragon56 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rapa Nui
Easter Island in English
Isla de Pascua in Spanish
The first European contact with the island began in 1722 on Easter Sunday when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen found 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants on the island.
The island is famous for its numerous MOAI, the stone statues now located along the coastlines.
2006-10-13 03:41:13 · answer #8 · answered by Moebuggy 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Easter Island
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Coordinates: 27°7′14″S, 109°21′5″W
Rapa Nui
Island flag
motto: (" Rapa Nui" )
Also called "Te Pito O Te Henua (Ombligo del mundo) (Navel of the world)"
Discovered by Europeans April 5, 1722 by Jakob Roggeveen
Capital Hanga Roa
Area
- City Proper
163,6 km²
Population
- City (2005)
- Density (city proper)
3.791 Inhabitants
23,17 /km²
Time zone Central Time zone, UTC- 6
Telephone Prefix 32
Postal code 2779001
Gentilic Pascuense
Mayor Pedro Pablo Edmunds Paoa (PDC)
(2004-2008)
Official site http://www.rapanui.co.cl
Map of Easter Island.
Orthographic projection centered on Easter Island.Easter Island, known in the native language as Rapa Nui ("Big Rapa") or Isla de Pascua in Spanish, is an island in the south Pacific Ocean belonging to Chile. Located 3,600 km (2,237 statute miles) west of continental Chile and 2,075 km (1,290 statute miles) east of Pitcairn Island, it is one of the most isolated inhabited islands in the world. It is located at 27°09′S 109°27′W, with a latitude close to that of the Chilean city of Caldera, north of Santiago. The island is approximately triangular in shape, with an area of 163.6 km² (63 sq. miles), and a population of 3,791 (2002 census), 3,304 of which live in the capital of Hanga Roa. Easter is made up of three volcanoes: Poike, Rano Kau and Terevaka. The island is famous for its numerous moai, the stone statues now located along the coastlines. Administratively, it is a province (containing a single municipality) of the Chilean Valparaíso Region. The standard time is six hours behind UTC (UTC-6) (five hours behind including one hour of daylight saving time).
2006-10-13 03:41:04 · answer #9 · answered by c0mplicated_s0ul 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
wannalicme island?
2006-10-13 03:26:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋