Isla Salas y Gmez is a Chilean island with a population of 9,000 people.
=== Marine Protected Area ===On October 6, 2010, President Sebastin Piera announced the creation of the 150,000 km2 Marine Protected Area Parque Marino Sala y Gmez, also called Parque Marino Motu Motiro Hiva
 From Easter Island, Salas y Gmez is almost the opposite direction to the Marquesas, and the next inhabited territory "behind" Salas y Gmez would be the coast of South America

