(Jon of the Clue Crew points out Chile on a map.)  Outside of its main land area, Chile also owns several islands, including this one way out in the South Pacific about 2300 miles away
METEI: A Canadian medical expedition to Easter Island, 1964-65 ... 
2300 miles (3700 km) off the coast of ... mainland was in the fonn of an ... 1961 
that the Chilean authorities planned to build a ... before the expedition departed 
for the South Pacific the .... clue to finding out the true identity of the main 
protagonist.