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Bill Irvine wrote:

Rapanui:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/e11.htm
Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth. The island
is over 3,000Km far from nearest lands, Tahiti and Chile.

Sorry to quibble about the definition of 'nearest land' but Sala-y-Gomez island
is less than 5° away (~300nm), to the east; Ducie Island is about 15° to the
west. Then you've got Pitcairn Island, Totegegie (which has an NDB on it) and
the islands of the Tuamoto ridge between there and Tahiti. For literal
remoteness, maybe Ascension Island (which has an airbase), or Bouvetoya
(Antarctic Ocean, approx S55 E003:30) could give it a run for its money?

In as far as Easter Island's neighbouring isles being inaccessable by air, to
all but helicopters and only then if they've got the range, then you've got a
point.


fs9: SCIP Mataveria, 11000' runway Isla de Pascua; S27*09 W109*26

Landed there not so long ago on a RTW flight, in FS98. Quite a long drag, from
Santiago, even in a 757. FWIW, the stone heads have been present in the default
scenery since FS98, AFAIK.

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regards,

Mark