Galápagos Islands
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| Locations | Pacific Ocean |
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| Highest point | Volcán Wolf |
| Regions | Latin America |
| Islands | Santa Cruz Island |
| San Cristóbal Island | |
| Isabela Island | |
| Did you know | It can produce more than 2 million dollars per year. |
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| ID | 860282 |
About Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands is a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It's considered one of the world's foremost destinations for wildlife-viewing. A province of Ecuador, it lies about 1,000km off its coast. Its isolated terrain shelters a diversity of plant and animal species, many found nowhere else. Charles Darwin visited in 1835, and his observation of Galápagos' species later inspired his theory of evolution.
'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks left on library floor in pink gift bag
... " The notepads date from the late 1830s after Darwin had returned from the Galapagos Islands...
Moment, in the boat with 600 gallons of fuel sinks to the Galapagos Islands
...Ecuador was to fight, to the environmental impact of the fuel spill in the Galapagos Islands after a flatboat 600 liters of carry decreased diesel fuel...
The sea-cooled eco-resort that's nearly mosquito-free
... Island Conservation used drones successfully in the Galapagos Islands to tackle invasive rats Rats eat everything from baby turtles to sea birds, and that is bad news for the coral reef too, Mr Murphy says...
Week in pictures: 16 - 22 February 2019
... A living member of a species of giant tortoise, which was thought to be extinct, has been found on the Galapagos Islands...
Can you live on just one type of food?
... In fact, it was all swimmingly, until a school of Orcas - in the vicinity of the Galapagos Islands, attacked the boat...
