Easter Island Research Paper

New experiences are always something to treasure. We can experience new things in many different ways, whether being engulfed in a culture, learning about it in a classroom, or just looking it up on the internet. Specifically, learning about another country can be very interesting. Seeing just how much we might have in common with what seems like another world can open your eyes to new experiences and wonders that may just last a lifetime.
Chile is a Spanish speaking country found in Southern South America. It borders the Pacific Ocean and runs along the coastline 6,435 kilometers (The World Factbook: CHILE). Despite the looks of the country being long and skinny it holds a total of 756,102 square kilometers, which makes it the longest north-south …show more content…
One tourist hot spot is Easter Island. Easter Island is northwest about 2,250 miles from Chile (Tyson). Easter Island got its’ name from when the first Dutch explorer, Jacob Roggeveen, visited in 1772 (Easter Island). Roggeveen named it Paaseiland, or Easter Island, to commemorate the arrival (Easter Island). This tiny island only has a population of about 6,000 and yet some 80,000 tourists a year travel to see it (Long). Despite its’ popularity among tourists, it is the most isolated piece of inhabited land in the world (Tyson). Although there are only some 6,000 Chileans living on Easter Island today, it was inhabited first by other people. The settlers of this island are called the Rapa Nui. They settled on the island and developed their own complex society and famous stone architecture (Tyson). The Rapa Nui put a lot of work into making the island their home. The most known thing about Easter Island is its’ giant stone statues known as moai (Tyson). These statues, carved from stone blocks by the Rapa Nui, average 13 feet tall and weigh about 14 tons (World Heritage Site: Easter Island). It is not known exactly why these statues were built, but scholars suspect it was to honor some important figures. The island used to have some 900 moai spread across it, but today only about 400 remain (World Heritage Site: Easter Island). Tourists love to visit this island because “..it is a stunning place. The moai, standing …show more content…
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile and runs 600-700 miles long going north to south and stretches all the way to the border of Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia (Atacama Desert). The first inhabitants of the desert were called the Atacameños. For most of the 19th century the desert was a conflict between Chile, Bolivia, and Peru (Atacama Desert). Parts of the desert were shared between the three countries until the Treaty of Ancón, which gave Chile permanent ownership of all of the desert, leaving Bolivia and Peru with no access to the coastline (Atacama Desert). Chile’s Atacama Desert is one the driest places in the world because of the dry subsidence created by the South Pacific Ocean. (Atacama Desert). This desert is filled with many different forms of nature and is breathtaking. It is said to be “barren and yet beautiful” (Exploring Chile’s Atacama Desert). Chile’s Atacama Desert is a hotspot for tourists not only for its’ breathtaking scenery but also for its status as one of the globes stargazing hotspots (Exploring Chile’s Atacama Desert). The endless starry sky is an amazing sight to

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