Easter Island
- an island in the SE Pacific west of Chile; pop. 3,300 (est. 2009). It has been administered by Chile since 1888. The island, first settled by Polynesians in about AD 400, is famous for its large monolithic statues of human heads, believed to date from the period 1000to 1600.复活节岛（智利西面太平洋东南部岛屿, 2009年估计人口3,300; 自1888年起由智利管理, 玻利尼西亚人约于公元400年最早定居于此; 该岛因整块巨石雕成的人像而闻名, 据信雕像建于1000至1600年间）。