Geologically speaking, Easter Island, which lies some 2,200 miles off the coast of Chile, is something of ... with the same composition as the "young" volcanoes. At the same time, however, these ...

Three volcanoes, quiet now, formed Easter Island half a million years ago. It has three crater lakes but no streams; fresh water is scarce. Chile, the island’s source of fuel and most food ...

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, a territory of Chile, is a remote volcanic island in Polynesia, whose native name is Rapa Nui. It is famous for its archaeological sites, including nearly 900 monumental statues ...

The Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges are deep-sea mountain ranges with multiple volcanoes that extend ... the range spanning from Chile to Rapa Nui (‘Easter Island’) as well as two existing ...