What actors and actresses appeared in The Easter Island Statue Project - 2008?
The cast of The Easter Island Statue Project - 2008 includes: Robert Wallace as Henry Paley
Where can a person find information on a variety of vacation packages to Easter Island?
Easter Island is a Chilean island featuring volcanos, beaches, caves, and statues. Package deals to Easter Island can be found by contacting a local travel agent, either by visiting an agent in person or online. An example of an American travel agency is TravelStore.
Why is Easter Island treeless?
There are various explanations and theories for the almost-entirely treeless state of Easter Island.
Climatic effects and deforestation and farming by humans are two explanations; the link below gives more information about Easter Island and its ecology.
Answer --> Originally, it is not treeless. It was shown by archaeologist that trees such as Paschalococos, Alphitonia zizyphoides and Eleaocarpus rarotongensis use to be abundant. But as local population grew (to estimated 15,000), overharvesting becomes a problem. This coupled with rat predation and climate change leads to the island being largely deforested.
Easter Island is known for its?
Easter Island most famous features are its enormous stone statues called ''moai.''
How much volcanoes does Easter Island have?
Easter Island has 3 Volcanoes called Poike, Rano Kau and Terevaka.
What did humans do to Easter Island that altered its natural balance?
The Rapanui (local residents of Easter Island) continually cut down trees to move the Moai until their we're none left. They could no longer fish so they began to die out. There are very few left that were related to the ancient civilization.
What are the disadvantages of COPPER on statues?
Copper will change overtime. Perfect example is the Statue of Liberty. She has copper sheets and the salt air has made her green. This is oxidation that causes it to turn.
Where is Easter Island located closest to?
It is closet to the continent of South America. The closet country it is closet to Chile. In fact it is owned by Chile.
D. A journal written by one of the civilization’s chiefs describing how trees on the island died out after people cut down too many for wood
Is Easter Island in the southern hemisphere?
Yes, Easter Island is located in the southern hemisphere. It is situated in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and is part of Chile. The island is famous for its archaeological sites, including the iconic moai statues. Its geographic coordinates place it well south of the equator.
What direction do the statues of Easter island face?
Mostly they face away from the beach toward inland. It's believed they were watching over the villages. If you mean compass direction they didn't face any particular compass direction, or they faced various compass directions, whichever you prefer.
Are there rivers in Easter Island?
There are no rivers on Easter Island however there are three freshwater lakes at Rano Aroi, Rano Kau and Rano Raraku almost at the summit of the extinct volcano Terevaka.
Why is Easter Island heads a mystery?
Because they were made so long ago that no one knows anything about them.
What language is spoken on Christmas Island?
Christmas Island is an Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean. Chinese, Malay and English are the primary languages spoken there.
Why did the Easter island people speak Spanish?
Easter Island's residents did not speak Spanish prior to the arrival of Latin Americans (Peruvians and Chileans) to the island in the 19th century and the assertion of Chilean control in 1888. Prior to these events, the only language on the island was Rapa Nui. However, given Chilean control, the majority of people on the island speak Spanish.
What located of 30 degrees south and 100 degrees west?
30 S 100 W is in the South Pacific Ocean. The nearest land is Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Valparaiso Region, Chile. Coordinates of Easter Island is: 27.1127° S, 109.3497° W
The moai of Easter Island are enormous statues that watch over?
the sites of religious ceremonies (APEX)