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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">W6NV is currently active from<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><STRONG>Easter Island<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></STRONG>as<STRONG><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>CE0/W6NV</STRONG><BR>He is active
on HF Bands CW<BR>QSL via home call<BR><IMG
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><B>Easter Island</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>(Rapa Nui:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><SPAN lang=rap><I>Rapa
Nui</I></SPAN>, Spanish:<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><SPAN lang=es><I>Isla de
Pascua</I></SPAN>) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific
Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter
Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>moai</I>, created by the early
Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage
Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National
Park.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Polynesian people settled on Easter Island in the
first millennium AD, and created a thriving culture, as evidenced by
the<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>moai</I><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>and other artifacts. However,
human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation
led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources, which
caused the demise of the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European
arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from a
high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. In recent times the
island has served as a warning of the cultural and environmental dangers
of exploitation. Diseases carried by European sailors and Peruvian slave
raiding of the 1860s further reduced the Rapa Nui population, down to 111
in 1877.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited
islands in the world.The nearest inhabited land (50 residents) is Pitcairn
Island 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) away, and the nearest continental
point lies in central Chile, 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi)
away.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Easter Island is a special territory of Chile that
was annexed in 1888. Administratively, it belongs to the Valparaíso Region
and more specifically, is the only commune of the Province Isla de
Pascua.According to the 2012 census, it has about 5,800 residents, of
which some 60% are descendants of the aboriginal Rapa Nui.<BR><A
style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island</A></SPAN></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BODY></HTML>