Easter Island is a small island in the southeastern region of the South Pacific Ocean that is currently under the administrative control of Chile. The island is notable for its Moai, a collection of monolithic carvings of human figures that were created by the island's indigenous Rapa Nui people. Most of the surviving Moai date from about the middle of the thirteenth century to the beginning of the sixteenth century.

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 3p.