Located more than 1,200 miles east of the Pitcairn Island (its nearest inhabited neighbor), and 2,000 miles west of Chile, Easter Island marks the south-eastern point of the Polynesian “triangle ...

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 ... 360-degree view and "small ...

In 1960, an earthquake in Chile triggered a tidal wave, which hit the coast of Easter Island at Tongariki. The tidal wave sent the 15 Tongariki moai—some of which weigh 30 tons—several hundred ...

An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale struck Chile's Easter Islands in the South ... among the almost 6,000 inhabitants of the island, which belongs to Chile despite being ...

Easter Island will have one of the best views of this eclipse and the best ... is about 2,300 miles off the coast of Chile. The last time an eclipse was visible there was in 2010.

Easter Island, Ahu Tongariki Courtesy of Flickr user Arian Zwegers. About 2,000 miles off the coast of South America sits the Chile-governed Easter Island. Just 14 miles long and 7 miles wide ...

Chile officials say fire damaged some of Easter Island’s iconic moai statues A fire that ripped through part of Chile's Easter Island this week has caused permanent damage to some of its iconic ...