复活节岛位于东南太平洋上,在南纬27度和西经109度交会点附近,面积约117平方公里,现属智利共和国的瓦尔帕莱索地区。它孤悬於海上,离南美大陆智利3000多公里,离其最近有人定居的皮特开恩群岛也有2000多公里距离,可以说是东南太平洋上一个孤零零的小岛,也是世界上最与世隔绝的岛屿之一。岛长23公里,宽11公里,形状近似呈一三角形,由三座火山组成。该岛最早的居民称之 Located in the southeast Pacific Ocean, Easter Island is an area of ​​about 117 square kilometers near the intersection of 27 degrees South and 109 degrees West and is now part of the Valparaiso area of ​​the Republic of Chile. It is lonely at sea, more than 3,000 kilometers from the South American mainland of Chile, and more than 2,000 kilometers from its recently settled Pitcairn Archipelago, a solitary island in the southeast Pacific and the most isolated island in the world one. The island is 23 kilometers long and 11 kilometers wide. Its shape is approximately a triangle and consists of three volcanoes. The earliest inhabitants of the island called it