Easter Island
Polynesian island and special territory of Chile
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Summary
Easter Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.082% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,332 views/month, #6 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jakob Roggeveen[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Isla de Pascua[4]
- Country: Chile[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pacific Ocean[6]
- Continent: South America[7], Insular Oceania[8]
- Instance of: administrative territorial entity[9]
- Official language: Chilean Spanish[10], Rapa Nui[11]
- Named after: Rapa Iti[12]
- Flag: flag of Easter Island[13]
- Part of: Insular Chile[14]
- Commons category: Easter Island[15]
- Time of discovery or invention: April 5, 1722[16]
- Highest point: Terevaka[17]
- Located in/on physical feature: Polynesia[18]
- Official website: https://dppisladepascua.dpp.gob.cl/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Easter Island[20]
- Commons gallery: Isla de Pascua[21]
- Population: 7750[22], 4800[23]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Q140772733[24]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29]
- Topic has template: Template:Easter Island[30]
- Different from: Christmas Island[31], Easter Island[32]
- Length: 24 km[33]
- Elevation above sea level: 242 m[34], 211 m[35]
- Area: 164 km²[36]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Easter Island include Easter Plate[37], a tectonic plate[38], in Chile[39].
Why It Matters
Easter Island has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]
Entities named for it include Easter Plate[37], a tectonic plate[38], in Chile[39].