Valparaíso Region
Provincia de Isla de Pascua
Easter Island

Easter Island

Easter Island is an island in , , and has about 7,750 residents. Easter Island is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the locality .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Terevaka and Ahu Akivi.

Volcano
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Mauŋa is the largest, tallest and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form . Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi. is situated 4 km north of Easter Island.

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is a particular sacred place on the island of Rapa Nui, 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. is situated 3 km west of Easter Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hanga Roa and Rano Raraku.

Town
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is the main town, harbour, and seat of , a municipality of . It is located in the southern part of the island's west coast, in the lowlands between the extinct volcanoes of and Rano Kau. is situated 7 km southwest of Easter Island.

Locality
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is a volcanic crater formed of consolidated volcanic ash, or tuff, and located on the lower slopes of in the Rapa Nui National Park on in . is situated 8 km east of Easter Island.

Easter Island

Latitude
-27.11667° or 27° 7′ south
Longitude
-109.36667° or 109° 22′ west
Population
7,750
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
IATA airport code
IPC
Open location code
554GVJMM+88
Geo­Names ID
4030726
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Satellite Map

Discover Easter Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Easter Island” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pulo Easter”
  • Afrikaans: “Paaseiland”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli i Pashkëve”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة القيامة”
  • Armenian: “Զատկի կղզի”
  • Arpitan: “Ila de Pâques”
  • Azerbaijani: “Pasxa adası”
  • Basque: “Pazko uhartea”
  • Bavarian: “Ostainsl”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Рапануі”
  • Bosnian: “Uskršnje ostrvo”
  • Breton: “Enez Pask”
  • Bulgarian: “Великденски остров”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Pasqua”
  • Chinese: “復活節島”
  • Cornish: “Ynys Pask”
  • Croatian: “Uskršnji otok”
  • Czech: “Velikonoční ostrov”
  • Danish: “Påskeøen”
  • Dutch: “Paaseiland”
  • Esperanto: “Paskinsulo”
  • Estonian: “Lihavõttesaar”
  • Faroese: “Páskaoy”
  • Finnish: “Pääsiäissaari”
  • French: “Île de Pâques”
  • Gagauz: “Paskellä Adası”
  • Galician: “Illa de Pascua”
  • Georgian: “აღდგომის კუნძული”
  • German: “Osterinsel”
  • Greek: “Νησί του Πάσχα”
  • Hebrew: “אי הפסחא”
  • Hindi: “ईस्टर द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “Húsvét-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Páskaeyja”
  • Ido: “Pasko-Insulo”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Paskah”
  • Irish: “Oileán na Cásca”
  • Italian: “Isola di Pasqua”
  • Japanese: “イースター島”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Rapanuyi”
  • Kirghiz: “Пасха аралы”
  • Korean: “이스터 섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Paschalis”
  • Latvian: “Lieldienu sala”
  • Limburgan: “Paoseiland”
  • Lithuanian: “Velykų sala”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Jatšowna kupa”
  • Macedonian: “Велигденски Остров”
  • Malagasy: “Nosini Paska”
  • Malay: “Pulau Easter”
  • Malayalam: “ഈസ്റ്റർ ദ്വീപ്”
  • Manx: “Ellan y Chaisht”
  • Maori: “Moutere Aranga”
  • Marathi: “ईस्टर द्वीप”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rapa Nui”
  • Mingrelian: “თანაფაშ კოკი”
  • Mongolian: “Пасха арал”
  • Northern Frisian: “Poosche-ailönj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Påskeøya”
  • Norwegian: “Påskeøya”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Pascas”
  • Ossetian: “Куадзæны сакъадах”
  • Panjabi: “ਈਸਟਰ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزیره ایستر”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Iista Ailen”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Wielkanocna”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Páscoa”
  • Quechua: “Rapanuy”
  • Rapanui: “Rapa Nui”
  • Romanian: “Insula Paștelui”
  • Russian: “Остров Пасхи”
  • Russian: “Пасхи”
  • Serbian: “Ускршње острво”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rapa Nui”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Uskršnji Otok”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula di Pasqua”
  • Silesian: “Wjelganocno Wyspa”
  • Slovak: “Veľkonočný ostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Velikonočni otok”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Pascua”
  • Sundanese: “Pulo Paskah”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Pasaka”
  • Swedish: “Påskön”
  • Tahitian: “Rapa Nui”
  • Tamil: “ஈஸ்டர் தீவு”
  • Tatar: “Пасха утравы”
  • Telugu: “ఈస్టర్ ఐల్యాండ్”
  • Thai: “เกาะอีสเตอร์”
  • Tok Pisin: “Ista Ailan”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Osterinsel”
  • Turkish: “Paskalya Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Пасхи”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Jutrowna kupa”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ ایسٹر”
  • Uzbek: “Pasxa oroli”
  • Venetian: “Ìxoła de Pàscua”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Phục Sinh”
  • Welsh: “Ynys y Pasg”
  • Western Frisian: “Peaske-eilân”
  • Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ ایسٹر”
  • Wu Chinese: “复活节岛”
  • Yoruba: “Erékùṣù Àjínde”
  • Yue Chinese: “復活節島”

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