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