Short Essay On Easter Island

As being said in the rubric, Easter Island covers almost 64 square miles in the South Pacific Ocean, specifically located 2,300 miles from Chile’s west coast and 2,500 miles east of Tahiti. In 1722, the island was known as Rapa Nui to its earliest inhabitants, Dutch explorers, and was christened Passeiland (Easter Island). Easter Island’s most known claim of fame is the 900 giant stone figures called “moai” located all over the land. These figures reveal that the creators were master craftsmen and engineers and are very distinctive within the Polynesian culture.
The first inhabitants of Easter Island arrived in a group of emigrants around 300-400 A.D. The first king was Hoto-Matua, who is a ruler from a Polynesian subgroup whose ship had traveled hundreds of thousands of miles before landing at Anakena, a beach located on the island. As mentioned above, the fame of the island is the 900 figures of moai. These figures are roughly 13 feet high, and weigh around 13 tons. The moai were carved out of tuff, light and porous rock formed by volcanic ash, and was placed upon a ceremonial …show more content…
The island contains several subterranean caves that has corridors extending deep into the mountains of volcanic rock. The largest volcano on the island is called Rano Kao, the highest point reaches 1,969 feet above sea level. The climate on the island is subtropical, meaning sunny and dry and temperate weather. Ships can anchor off Hanga Roa, the island’s largest village. This village has a population of 3,300 people. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) named Easter Island a World Heritage Site in 1995. The population within the island is very mixed including: Polynesian ancestry and descendants of the Long-Ears and Short-Ears. The language that is mostly spoken is Spanish, and the economy is based on