4 may 2012

Easter Island (by Ailén Romero)

  • What is this post about? It's about Easter Island.
  • Where is it located? It's located in Chile, in the Polynesia, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Which is its capital? It's Hanga Roa and it's the only town in the whole island.
  • How many people live there? 5,034 people live on this island.
  • Which is the traditional name of this island? It's Rapa Nui, which is associated with the island Rapa, French Polynesia and which is also known as Rapa Iti.
  • Who discovered the island? When? A Dutch navigator called Jakob Roggeveen after navigating through the Chilean coast, discovered it on April 5, 1722, date for the day of easter.
  • What is the weather like there? It's a rare tropical oceanic weather typical of middle latitudes.
  • Are there volcanos there? The island is of a volvanic origin and consists of three coalescing volcanos. One of this three, Poike,  used to be a separeted island until the Terevaka lavas joined the main islands.

1 comentarios:

Anónimo dijo...

It is a very mysterious isle because of statues (Moai). Especially the war between "Long ears" against "Short ears". "Long ears" dominated "Short ears" and they forced them to made the Moai. At the end "Short ears" rebelled becasuse they refused to throw the Moai into the sea. "Long ears" were defeated and "Short ears" became the dominators of the isle.
Another legend says that the Moai move across the isle thank of the "mana" of the chief Tuu-ko-ihu.
However the colours of the sky and of the sea are beatiful. Antonio - Italy

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