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1. www.britannica.com › place › Easter-IslandEaster Island | Map, Statues, Heads, History, Moai, & Facts

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   Jun 27, 2024 · Easter Island, Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world and is famous for its giant stone statues. To its original inhabitants the island is known as Rapa Nui, and its population is predominantly of Polynesian descent.

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     Hanga Roa, village on the west coast of Easter Island, in...

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     Easter Island - Rapa Nui, Moai, Polynesian: The island’s...

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     Dependency, in international relations, a weak state...

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     Obsidian, a natural glass of volcanic origin, is formed by...

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     Easter Island - Moai, Rapa Nui, Statues: The island is...

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3. www.livescience.com › archaeology › easter-island-rapa-nui-andEaster Island (Rapa Nui) and its famous Moai statues

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island (a name given to it by Europeans), is located in the southeast Pacific and is famous for its approximately 1,000 carvings of moai, human-faced statues.

4. www.msn.com › en-xl › newsChile: There was no ecocide or overpopulation on Rapa Nui

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   2 days ago · Instead, the research argues that the Polynesians who arrived on Rapa Nui, as they called it, found ways to cope with the island's severe constraints and maintained a small and stable population ...

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6. www.futurity.org › rapa-nui-easter-island-collapse-3234762New evidence challenges the story of Easter Island’s collapse

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Some 800 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world’s most isolated places—a small, previously uninhabited island they named...

7. lacgeo.com › easter-island-rapa-nui-national-parkEaster Island: Unveiling the Mysteries of Rapa Nui | LAC Geo

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   Jun 25, 2024 · Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, is a remote and enigmatic island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. This Chilean territory, famous for its colossal stone statues called moai, offers a fascinating glimpse into Polynesian culture and human ingenuity.

8. www.sciencenews.org › article › challenges-rapa-nui-islandersA new study challenges the idea that Rapa Nui islanders caused an...

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Rapa Nui’s famous stone statues watched over a population that grew sweet potatoes on a modest scale and reached a peak of only around 3,900 individuals, too few to have triggered a previously...

9. www.cnn.com › 2024/06/21 › scienceSatellite imagery may provide missing puzzle piece in Easter...

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Rapa Nui, today part of Chile, is more than 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) from the nearest inhabited island of Pitcairn and about 3,700 kilometers (2,300 miles) from the South American...