East Polynesia

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East Polynesia is a subregion of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean encompassing island groups such as Hawaiʻi, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and the Society Islands, known as a major center of Polynesian culture and migration.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Austral Islands cultural area 1
East Polynesia canonical 1
Eastern Polynesia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
region of the Pacific Ocean
subregion of Polynesia
contains eastern apex of the Polynesian Triangle
northern apex of the Polynesian Triangle
southeastern apex of the Polynesian Triangle
culturallyAssociatedWith Lapita cultural complex
linked to: Lapita culture

Polynesian migration
wayfinding using stars and ocean swells
hasClimate subtropical climate
tropical climate
hasColonialHistoryWith Chile
France
United Kingdom
United States
hasCulturalPractice Polynesian wayfinding
double-hulled voyaging canoes
hula
ori Tahiti
linked to: ʻori Tahiti

outrigger canoe building
tatau (tattooing)
hasCulturalSymbol moai statues
petroglyphs
stone ahu platforms (Rapa Nui)
tiki figures
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
pearl farming
tourism
hasFeature coral atolls
fringing reefs
volcanic high islands
hasLanguageFamily Polynesian languages
hasMajorLanguage Cook Islands Māori
Hawaiian language
linked to: Hawaiian

Mangarevan language
Marquesan languages
Rapa Nui language
Tahitian language
Tuamotuan language
hasMajorReligion Christianity
traditional Polynesian religion
hasModernPoliticalEntity Cook Islands
Easter Island commune
French Polynesia
Niue
Pitcairn Islands
State of Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaii
hasPart Anaa
Anaa Atoll
Austral Islands
Bora Bora
Cook Islands
Easter Island
Fatu Hiva
French Polynesia
Gambier Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiʻi
linked to: Hawaii

Hiva Oa
Huahine
Leeward Islands (Society Islands)
Makatea
Mangareva
Mangareva Archipelago
linked to: Mangareva

Marquesas Islands
Moorea
Niue
Nuku Hiva
Pitcairn Islands
Pukapuka (Tuamotu)
linked to: Pukapuka

Raiatea
Rapa Iti
Rapa Nui
linked to: Easter Island

Rarotonga
Society Islands
Tahiti
Tuamotu Archipelago
Tubuai Islands
linked to: Tubuai

Windward Islands (Society Islands)
historicallySettledBy Austronesian-speaking peoples
Polynesians
knownFor Polynesian cultural traditions
Polynesian languages
Polynesian navigation
archaeological sites of early Polynesian settlement
long-distance oceanic voyaging
locatedIn central Pacific Ocean
eastern Pacific Ocean
overlapsWith French Polynesia
Polynesian Triangle
partOf Oceania
Polynesia
timePeriodOfIntensiveSettlement approximately 900–1300 CE

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Māori people ancestralOrigin East Polynesia
Rapa Iti culturalRegion Austral Islands cultural area
linked to: East Polynesia
Western Polynesia borderedBy Eastern Polynesia
linked to: East Polynesia
Vanikoro Islanders region Remote Oceania
linked to: East Polynesia