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The island lies 2500 miles west of the South American coast, and 2000 miles east of Tahiti in the other direction. It is 66 square miles in area. It is not tropical, and has no rivers. It has large deposits of lapilli tuff, from which the early inhabitants made over 800 giant statues (called | The island lies 2500 miles west of the ''South American ''coast, and 2000 miles east of ''Tahiti'' in the other direction. It is 66 square miles in area. It is not tropical, and has no rivers. It has large deposits of ''lapilli tuff,'' from which the early inhabitants made over 800 giant statues (called ''Moa''i) that look out to the sea.<br>The LDS Church has one branch on ''Easter Island''.<br> | ||
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Very few resources are available through the Library. The one genealogy book is:<br>''Genealogy of the Kings of Rapa Nui'', by William DeWitt Alexander is on film '''FHL US/CAN Film 1026225, item 2.''' | Very few resources are available through the Library. The one genealogy book is:<br>''Genealogy of the Kings of Rapa Nui'', by William DeWitt Alexander is on film '''FHL US/CAN Film 1026225, item 2.''' | ||
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