Anakena Beach, Rapa Nui / Easter Island, Chile, Oceania.
Located on the northeast beaches of Rapa Nui, Playa Anakena is the only island on the island with a wide strip of sand and, with its palm trees and blue waters, is almost a caricature of an idyllic landscape of the South Pacific. The beach is perfect for swimming and sunbathing.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
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They arrived here from Polynesia.
4,161 km / 2,585 miles
Distance from Polynesia to Easter Island by paddle.
The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) away;
the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, 2,606 km (1,619 mi) away;
the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi) away.
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A quick History about where I am stepping on this picture:
According to the oral tradition of the island, Anakena was the landing site of Hotu Matu'a, a chief Polynesian who led a two canoe settlement group here and founded the first settlement in Rapa Nui.
It was later a ceremonial center where islanders read from Rongorongo plates.
Anakena featured in the manu Tangata or cult Birdman as in the years when the new Birdman was from the western clans, he would end his celebrations in Anakena.
Modern archeology has found traces of human occupation in Anakena as early as 1200 CE, although linguistic and other analyzes indicate a date range for the first settlement of Rapa Nui between 300 and 1200 AD.
Anakena has been the site of several archaeological excavations including those of Katherine Routledge in 1914 and both William Mulloy and Thor Heyerdahl in 1950, and two of her Ahus have been restored.
Anakena was used as one of the movie locations for 1994 Kevin Reynolds movie Rapa Nui.
Anakena Beach, Rapa Nui / Easter Island, Chile, Oceania.
Located on the northeast beaches of Rapa Nui, Playa Anakena is the only island on the island with a wide strip of sand and, with its palm trees and blue waters, is almost a caricature of an idyllic landscape of the South Pacific. The beach is perfect for swimming and sunbathing.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui, Spanish: Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
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They arrived here from Polynesia.
4,161 km / 2,585 miles
Distance from Polynesia to Easter Island by paddle.
The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) away;
the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, 2,606 km (1,619 mi) away;
the nearest continental point lies in central Chile, 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi) away.
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A quick History about where I am stepping on this picture:
According to the oral tradition of the island, Anakena was the landing site of Hotu Matu'a, a chief Polynesian who led a two canoe settlement group here and founded the first settlement in Rapa Nui.
It was later a ceremonial center where islanders read from Rongorongo plates.
Anakena featured in the manu Tangata or cult Birdman as in the years when the new Birdman was from the western clans, he would end his celebrations in Anakena.
Modern archeology has found traces of human occupation in Anakena as early as 1200 CE, although linguistic and other analyzes indicate a date range for the first settlement of Rapa Nui between 300 and 1200 AD.
Anakena has been the site of several archaeological excavations including those of Katherine Routledge in 1914 and both William Mulloy and Thor Heyerdahl in 1950, and two of her Ahus have been restored.
Anakena was used as one of the movie locations for 1994 Kevin Reynolds movie Rapa Nui.