Easter Island

Easter Island (Spanish: Isla de Pascua, [ˈizla ðe ˈpaskwa]; Rapa Nui: Rapa Nui, [ˈɾapa ˈnu.i]) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is renowned for its nearly 1,000 extant monumental statues, called moai, which were created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Easter Island is also the only territory in Polynesia where Spanish is an official language.

Isla Salas y Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisla ˈsalas i ˈɣomes]), also known as Isla Sala y Gómez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈisla ˈsalaj ˈɣomes]; Rapa Nui: Motu Motiro Hiva), is a small uninhabited Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes considered the easternmost point in the Polynesian Triangle.

Rano Raraku (Rapa Nui: [ˈɾano ɾaˈɾaku], Spanish: [ˈrano raˈɾaku]) is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of Terevaka in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island in Chile. It was a quarry for about 500 years until the early eighteenth century, and supplied the stone from which about 95% of the island's known monolithic sculptures (moai) were carved. Rano Raraku is a visual record of moai design vocabulary and technological innovation, where 887 moai remain. Rano Raraku is in the World Heritage Site of Rapa Nui National Park and gives its name to one of the seven sections of the park.

Poike is one of the three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui (Easter Island), a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean. At 370 metres above sea level, Poike's peak is the island's second-highest point after the peak of the extinct volcano Terevaka.

Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on the Chilean island of Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), looking out towards the Pacific Ocean. The site has seven moai, all of equal shape and size, and is also known as a celestial observatory that was set up around the 16th century. The site is located inland, rather than along the coast. Moai statues were considered by the early people of Rapa Nui as their ancestors or Tupuna that were believed to be the reincarnation of important kings or leaders of their clans. The Moais were erected to protect and bring prosperity to their clan and village.

Ahu Vinapu is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Eastern Polynesia.

The Tahai Ceremonial Complex is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia. Restored in 1974 by American archaeologist William Mulloy, Tahai comprises three principal ahu from north to south: Ko Te Riku (with restored eyes), Tahai, and Vai Ure. Visible in the distance from Tahai are two restored ahu at Hanga Kio'e, projects that Mulloy undertook in 1972. Like other Mulloy restoration projects at Ahu Akivi, the ceremonial village of Orongo and Vinapu, the ceremonial center at Tahai now constitutes an integral part of the Rapa Nui National Park, designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

The Father Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum is a museum in the town of Hanga Roa on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia. Named for the Bavarian missionary, Fr. Sebastian Englert, OFM Cap., the museum was founded in 1973 and is dedicated to the conservation of the Rapa Nui cultural patrimony.

Hotel Hanga Roa, also known as Hanga Roa Eco Village & Spa, as of 2020 branded as Nayara Hangaroa, is a hotel in Hanga Roa, Easter Island, overlooking the bay on the Avenue Pont. The hotel was used extensively in the 1994 film Rapa Nui. In 1994, the hotel was purchased by the Panamericana hotel firm who extended the property with 10 fake thatched roofed bungalows, nine of which have three rooms. The 60 other rooms are located in the main building. Later, the hotel was acquired by Tanica hotels, owned by the Schliess family from mainland Chile. The Hito family, an extended family from Easter Island, occupied the premises for six months in 2010, claiming ancestral property rights. The hotel closed in 2011 for refurbishment and was projected to include a new museum and theatre, shopping complex, pool, tennis courts and other rooms. The hotel staff were mainly Rapa Nui locals, but the management was not from Easter Island. After a protracted conflict between the Hito family and the Schliess family, an agreement was reached in 2020. Under the agreement, property rights were transferred to the Hito family while the Tanica hotel group retained the right to exploit the hotel for 15 years. In 2020 the Costa Rican Nayara Resort group took control of the marketing.

The Biblioteca William Mulloy (Spanish for William Mulloy Library; in Rapa Nui, Hare Puka ko Wiliam Mulloy) is a research library administered by the Father Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Chilean Polynesia. Named for the late Dr. William Mulloy, an American archaeologist, the library’s collection focuses on Rapa Nui and Polynesian Studies, especially the prehistory, history, ethnology, archaeology, cultural anthropology, osteology and geology of Easter Island.

The Motu Motiro Hiva Marine Park, (also called informally Salas y Gómez Marine Park), is the largest marine park in Chile. It is around Salas y Gómez, in the far east of Polynesia. The park covers 150,000 km² of ocean. This is about 4% of the Chilean sea territory.

The Holy Cross Church (Spanish: Iglesia de la Santa Cruz), also known as the Catholic Church of Hanga Roa, or simply the Hanga Roa Church is a Catholic Church in Te Pito Te Henua Street in the city of Hanga Roa, the capital and greater city of the Easter Island, a Territory of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The church was established in 1937, its first priest being Father Sebástian Englert.

Pu o Hiro (which means Hiro's Trumpet) is a stone on Easter Island that was used as a musical instrument by the ancient Rapa Nui. It is also known as Maea Puhi ("stone to blow" or "wind stone"). When blown through its main hole, it would produce a sound that resembled a trumpet. It was used to invoke Hiro, the deity of rain.

El moái Paro es uno de los moáis (estatua de piedra monolítica) de Rapa Nui (Chile). Es —con aproximadamente 9 metros, sin pukao o moño de piedra— el de mayor altura de entre los terminados y colocados en un ahu o plataforma.

El moai Tukuturi es uno de los moai (estatua monolítica) de la Isla de Pascua (Chile). Se encuentra en una de las laderas del volcán Rano Raraku. Es el más antiguo descubierto hasta la fecha y está arrodillado. A diferencia de los demás que no tienen piernas, es el único que fue tallado más abajo de la cintura. Se estima que data del siglo VI.

Ahu Ko Te Riku je plošina Ahu, která se nachází v nejsevernější části kultovního komplexu Tahai, na sever od obce Hanga Roa na Velikonočním ostrově. V centru Tahai se mimo plošiny Ahu Ko Te Riku nalézají delší dvě Ahu plošiny: Ahu Vai Uri a Ahu Tahai. Socha Moai je 4.73 m vysoká a váží zhruba 20 tun. Byla vztyčena americkým archeologem Williamem Mulloyem a je to jediná Moai na ostrově, která má oči. Jsou to však repliky, stejně jako Pukao, ozdoba hlavy, která byla vytesána ze sopečné strusky, původního materiálu, z něhož se Pukaa vyráběla a nasazena na hlavu sochy Hubertem Herzogem a Tony Saulnierem, dvěma francouzskými novináři.

Ahu Vai Uri je Ahu, nalézající se v blízkosti pobřeží, severně od obce Hanga Roa na Velikonočním ostrově. Na plošině Ahu je pět vztyčených soch Moai s rozličným stupněm poškození. Plošina Ahu byla roku 1974 zrestaurována Američanem Williamem Mulloyem a ležící sochy byly vztyčeny. V nejbližším okolí Ahu Vai Uri se nalézají další dvě menší plošiny: Ahu Ko Te Riku a Ahu Tahai.

Rano Raraku è una cava di pietra situata presso l'omonimo cratere vulcanico sull'Isola di Pasqua in Cile che è stata la fonte della pietra utilizzata per le famose sculture monolitiche Moai che si trovano sparse intorno all'isola. Diversi Moai giacciono incompleti in questo luogo, così come molti che non furono sollevati a causa delle loro grandi dimensioni.

El islote Motu Kao Kao, o islote Kao Kao, es el menor de los tres islotes deshabitados que conforman el lugar más occidental de Chile, ubicados al sur de la Isla de Pascua. Sus coordenadas son: 27°11'44.22"S - 109°26'59.19"O. Los tres islotes tienen aves marinas; Motu Nui también era un lugar esencial para el Tangata Manu u hombre ave (hombre pájaro), que era el culto de la religión de la isla en el período comprendido entre la época de los moais y el cristianismo (la isla se convirtió al catolicismo en la década de 1860). Este archipiélago conforma la cumbre de una montaña volcánica de gran tamaño que se eleva a más de 2000 m desde el fondo del mar. La superficie en hectáreas de cada uno es:

Un hare paenga es un tipo de vivienda de la Isla de Pascua anterior a la llegada de los españoles.​ Tenía forma de barca invertida muy alargada. La palabra hare significa ‘casa’ y paenga tiene el doble sentido de ‘piedras labradas’ y ‘familia extensa’, por lo que hare paenga puede significar tanto ‘casa sobre piedras labradas‘ como ‘casa de una familia extensa’.​

Le phare de l'île Sala y Gómez (en espagnol : Faro Sala y Gómez) est un phare actif situé sur l'Île Sala y Gómez, au milieu de l'océan Pacifique (Province de l'Île de Pâques), dans la région de Valparaíso au Chili.

El Centro Cultural Katipare está ubicado en la localidad de Hanga Roa, en la comuna chilena de Isla de Pascua, Región de Valparaíso y lleva el nombre de Don Santiago "Katipare" Pakarati Rangitaki, en reconocimiento a su vasto trabajo como informante de gran cantidad de investigadores de la cultura, de distintos orígenes. En idioma rapanui fue denominado como Koro nui mo te maramarama, que se traduce como "Lugar de reunión para el conocimiento".​