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A total solar eclipse visible from Easter Island occurred for the first time in over 1300 years on 11 July 2010, at 18:15:15. [54] Species of fish were collected in Easter Island for one month in different habitats including shallow lava pools, depths of 43 meters, and deep waters.
Easter Island is one of the youngest inhabited territories on earth, and for most of the history of Easter Island it was the most isolated inhabited territory on Earth. Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics, civil war, slave raids, and colonialism; have seen their population crash on more than one occasion.
Easter Island is a volcanic island, consisting mainly of three extinct coalesced volcanoes: Terevaka (altitude 507 metres) forms the bulk of the island, while two other volcanoes, Poike and Rano Kau, form the eastern and southern headlands and give the island its roughly triangular shape.
Pages in category "History of Easter Island" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Although only around 600 completed Easter Island statues survive intact or in fragmentary state today, it’s likely that several thousand were made over the centuries - from five-tonne ‘small ...
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Easter Island. 21 May – The Ministry of economy, development and tourism announces that Easter Island will reopen on 1 August after being closed to tourists for two years during the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] 1 August – Easter Island reopens to tourists. [2]
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, never experienced a ruinous population collapse, according to an analysis of ancient DNA from 15 former inhabitants of the remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
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 mainland ...