Easter Island is the easternmost Polynesian island. It is isolated in the Pacific Ocean, 3700 km from Chile and 4000 km from Tahiti. Discovered April 5th, 1722 (Easter-day) by a Dutch navigator, Rapa Nui would have been populated with Polynesian come from Marquesas Islands or Tuamotus. These established there hundreds of basalt statues, the Moais.