Located over 2,000 miles off the coast of Chile, Easter Island is one of the world's most isolated inhabited islands. It's famous for the enormous stone statues known as moai, which were erected ...

In the nineteenth century Great Britain encouraged Chile to seize Easter Island. The small island ... About the Author Born New York City to Sephardic Mom and Ashkenazic Dad, educated at Bronx ...

Current time and date at Mataveri International Airport is 17:29:00 PM (-06) on Sunday, May 4, 2025 Looking for information on Mataveri International Airport, Easter Island, Chile? Know about Mataveri ...

There are two ways in: by boat or by plane, via Santiago, Chile. LATAM is the only airline that flies out of Santiago into Hanga Roa, the capital of Easter Island. It takes about five-and-a-half ...

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Easter Island was long inhabited by Polynesian people, before Chile annexed it in 1888.

EASTER ISLAND, Chile (Storyful/KFOR) – The iconic 500-year-old moai statues on Easter Island have been irreparably damaged in a wildfire in the Rapa Nui National Park on Easter Island.

A forest fire that tore through part of Chile’s Easter Island has charred some of its fabled monumental carved stone figures, known as moai. “Nearly 60 hectares (148 acres) were affected ...

A fire, from a human or volcano, on Easter Island, Chile, caused irreparable damage to the Moai statues, or Easter Island heads, mayor says. Photo from the Municipalidad de Rapa Nui A fire on ...

RAPA 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 ...

Santiago, Chile (AP) -- A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic carved stone figures known as moai, authorities said.