Easter Island, Chile
Photo of Easter Island Moai from Smithsonian Magazine
Photo of Easter Island Moai from Smithsonian Magazine
Perhaps this is the most famous spot on this list of the most remote places in the world. Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, is a Chilean island located in Polynesia. It’s located over 2150 miles away from the South American continent, and a seven-hour flight from Santiago de Chile.
Photo of Easter Island Moai from Smithsonian Magazine
Despite its inaccessibility, Easter Island is famous throughout the world for its moai. The enormous anthropomorphic statues pose a total mystery to everyone. To this day it’s still unknown how the natives of the island built and moved these enormous monoliths, of which about a thousand have been found.
"When I think of remote locations around the world, one of the first things that comes to mind are the vast oceans and all the small islands which can be truly remote places. Many are accessible only by boat or small planes and can be extremely far away from cities and populated places in general. [An] example would be Easter Island, far off the coast of Chile.”
