Rapa Nui National Park occupies a large part of Easter Island, a remote Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean, and protects its archaeological heritage. The island is famous for the moai, the monumental stone statues carved by the Polynesian ancestors of the Rapa Nui people, who settled the island centuries ago. The park includes the quarry at Rano Raraku, where hundreds of statues stand in various stages of completion, and ceremonial platforms such as Ahu Tongariki, which has been restored. UNESCO recognised the park as a World Heritage Site. Since 2017, the park has been managed by the Indigenous community of Rapa Nui, rather than the Chilean state.
Before and after
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- 1935Construction of Cà Mau Airport
- 1935Child mortality falls below 30% worldwide
- 8 January 1935Birth of Elvis Presley
- 16 January 1935Establishment of Rapa Nui National Park
- 31 January 1935Birth of Kenzaburō Ōe
- 26 February 1935Watson-Watt demonstrates radar at Daventry
- 1 April 1935Founding of Reserve Bank of India
- 14 April 1935Black Sunday and the Dust Bowl
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- 8 July 1916Establishment of Acadia National Park
- 16 August 1918Establishment of Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
- 3 December 1922Establishment of Gran Paradiso National Park
- 1936Establishment of Jim Corbett National Park
- 10 January 1939Establishment of Iguaçu National Park
- 25 January 1939Establishment of Badlands National Park
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