Easter Island
Easter Island is one of the most isolated islands on Earth. Early settlers called the island "Te Pito O Te Henua". It is a territory of Chile that lies far off in the Pacific Ocean, about 3,600 km away from the mainland and roughly halfway to Tahiti.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 7,750 residents
- Description: Polynesian island and special territory of Chile
- Also known as: “Te pito o te kainga a Hau Maka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ahu Akivi.
Ahu Akivi
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Ahu Akivi is a particular sacred place on the Chilean 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. Ahu Akivi is situated 4 km northwest of Easter Island.
Easter Island
- Categories: island and administrative territorial entity
- Location: Provincia de Isla de Pascua, Valparaíso Region, Chile, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Easter Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Easter Island” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo Easter”
- Afrikaans: “Paaseiland”
- Albanian: “Ishulli i Pashkëve”
- Amharic: “ፋሲካ ደሴት”
- Amis: “Easter iland”
- Arabic: “جزيرة القيامة”
- Arabic: “جزيرة عيد الفصح”
- Aragonese: “Isla de Pascua”
- Armenian: “Զատկի կղզի”
- Arpitan: “Ila de Pâques”
- Asturian: “Islla de Pascua”
- Azerbaijani: “Pasxa adası”
- Balinese: “Nusa Paskah”
- Bashkir: “Пасха утрауы”
- Basque: “Pazko uharte”
- Basque: “Pazko uhartea”
- Bavarian: “Ostainsl”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Вялікадня”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Пасхі”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Рапануі”
- Belarusian: “Рапа Нуі”
- Belarusian: “Рапа-Нуі”
- Belarusian: “Рапануі”
- Bengali: “ইস্টার দ্বীপ”
- Bengali: “ইস্টারদ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bengali: “রাপা নুই”
- Bosnian: “Uskršnje ostrvo”
- Breton: “Enez Pask”
- Bulgarian: “Великденски остров”
- Catalan: “illa de Pasqua”
- Catalan: “Illa de Pasqua”
- Cebuano: “Easter Island”
- Central Bikol: “Isla nin Pagkabuhay-liwat”
- Central Bikol: “Isla nin Paskwa”
- Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی زیندووبوونەوە”
- Cherokee: “ᏥᏌ ᏚᎴᎯᏌᏅ ᎠᎽᏰᎵ”
- Chinese: “Koh-oa̍h-cheh-tó”
- Chinese: “复活节岛”
- Chinese: “復活節島”
- Cornish: “Ynys Pask”
- Corsican: “Isula di Pasqua”
- Croatian: “Uskršnji otok”
- Czech: “Velikonoční ostrov”
- Danish: “Påskeøen”
- Dimli (individual language): “Isla de Pascua”
- Dutch: “Paaseiland”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره القيامه”
- Esperanto: “Paska Insulo”
- Esperanto: “Paskinsulo”
- Estonian: “Lihavõttesaar”
- Faroese: “Páskaoy”
- Fiji Hindi: “Easter Island”
- Finnish: “Pääsiäissaari”
- French: “île de Pâques”
- French: “Île de Pâques”
- French: “Ile de Pasques”
- French: “Rapa Nui”
- Gagauz: “Paskellä Adası”
- Galician: “Illa de Pascua”
- Georgian: “აღდგომის კუნძული”
- German: “Osterinsel”
- Greek: “Νησί του Πάσχα”
- Guianese Creole French: “Zil di Pak”
- Gujarati: “ઈસ્ટર આઈલેન્ડ”
- Hakka Chinese: “Fu̍k-fa̍t-chiet-tó”
- Hawaiian: “Lapa Nui”
- Hawaiian: “Rapa Nui”
- Hebrew: “אי הפסחא”
- Hindi: “ईस्टर द्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Húsvét-sziget”
- Icelandic: “Páskaeyja”
- Ido: “Pask-insulo”
- Ido: “Pasko-Insulo”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Paskah”
- Irish: “Oileán na Cásca”
- Italian: “Isola di Pasqua”
- Japanese: “イースター島”
- Kannada: “ಈಸ್ಟರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
- Kazakh: “Пасха аралы”
- Kinyarwanda: “Rapanuyi”
- Kirghiz: “Пасха аралы”
- Kongo: “ile ya Paques”
- Korean: “이스터섬”
- Latin: “Insula Paschalis”
- Latvian: “Lieldienu sala”
- Limburgan: “Paoseiland”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Rapa Nui”
- Literary Chinese: “復活節島”
- Lithuanian: “Velykų sala”
- Lombard: “Isola de Pasqua”
- Lower Sorbian: “Jatšowna kupa”
- Macedonian: “Велигденски Остров”
- Macedonian: “Рапа Нуи”
- Malagasy: “Nosin’ ny Paska”
- Malagasy: “Nosin’i Paska”
- Malay: “Pulau Easter”
- Malayalam: “ഈസ്റ്റർ ദ്വീപ്”
- Manipuri: “ꯏꯁꯇꯔ ꯏꯊꯠ”
- Manx: “Ellan y Chaisht”
- Maori: “Moutere Aranga”
- Mapudungun: “Rapa Nui”
- Marathi: “ईस्टर द्वीप”
- Mazanderani: “ایستر جزیره”
- Mazanderani: “پاسکوئا جزره”
- Min Dong Chinese: “Bô-uăk-cáik-dō̤”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rapa Nui”
- Mingrelian: “თანაფაშ კოკი”
- Mongolian: “Пасха арал”
- Northern Frisian: “Poosche-ailönj”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Påskeøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Påskeøyen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Påskeøya”
- Norwegian: “Påskeøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Pascas”
- Ossetian: “Куадзæны сакъадах”
- Panjabi: “ਈਸਟਰ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Papiamento: “Isla di Pasku”
- Persian: “جزیره ایستر”
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Iista Ailen”
- Polish: “Wyspa Wielkanocna”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Páscoa”
- Quechua: “Rapanuy”
- Romanian: “Insula Paștelui”
- Russian: “Вайгу”
- Russian: “Исла-де-Паскуа”
- Russian: “остров Пасхи”
- Russian: “Остров Пасхи”
- Russian: “Рапа Нуи”
- Russian: “Рапа-Нуи”
- Sakizaya: “muliyaw mulekal a subal “Easter Island””
- Sardinian: “Rapa Nui”
- Scots: “Easter Island”
- Serbian: “Ускршње острво”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Uskršnji otok”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Uskršnji Otok”
- Sicilian: “Ìsula di Pasqua”
- Silesian: “Wjelganocno Wyspa”
- Sinhala: “පාස්කු දිවයින”
- Sinhala: “පාස්කු දූපත”
- Slovak: “Veľkonočný ostrov”
- Slovenian: “Te pito o te kainga a Hau Maka”
- Slovenian: “Velikonočni otok”
- Spanish: “Isla de David”
- Spanish: “Isla de Pascua”
- Spanish: “Isla de San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Rapa Nui”
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⴳⵣⵉⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵖⵔⵖⴰⵔⵜ”
- Sundanese: “Pulo Paskah”
- Swahili: “Kisiwa cha Pasaka”
- Swedish: “Påskön”
- Swiss German: “Osterinsel”
- Tagalog: “Isla ng Easter”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Paskuwa”
- Tahitian: “Rapa Nui”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираи Истер”
- Tamil: “ஈஸ்டர் ஐலன்ட்”
- Tamil: “ஈஸ்டர் தீவு”
- Tatar: “Пасха утравы”
- Telugu: “ఈస్టర్ ఐల్యాండ్”
- Telugu: “ఈస్టర్ దీవి”
- Thai: “เกาะอีสเตอร์”
- Tok Pisin: “Ista Ailan”
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Lapanui”
- Tosk Albanian: “Osterinsel”
- Turkish: “Paskalya Adası”
- Turkmen: “Gündogar adalary”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Пасхи”
- Upper Sorbian: “Jutrowna kupa”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ ایسٹر”
- Uzbek: “Pasxa oroli”
- Venetian: “Ìxoła de Pàscua”
- Venetian: “Ìxoła de Pasqua”
- Veps: “Äipäivsar‘”
- Veps: “Isla de Paskua”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Phục Sinh”
- Walloon: “Iye di Påke”
- Waray (Philippines): “Isla de Pascua”
- Wayuu: “Rapa Nui”
- Welsh: “Ynys y Pasg”
- Western Armenian: “Զատիկ Կղզի”
- Western Armenian: “Զատիկ կղզին”
- Western Frisian: “Peaske-eilân”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ ایسٹر”
- Wu Chinese: “复活节岛”
- Yoruba: “Erékùṣù Àjínde”
- Yue Chinese: “復活節島”
- “Isla de Pascua”
- “ma Lapanuwi”
- “Mata ki te rangi”
- “Pascua tlālhuāctli”
- “Rapa Nui”
- “Rapanui”
- “Rappa Nui”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Easter Island”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vaitea and Puku Ga Aha Aha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cerro Roa and Cerro Tari.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Easter Island”. Photo: Vanessa.blasco, CC BY-SA 3.0.