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Topographic map of Española Gardner Bay Highly colored individual of the venustissimus subspecies endemic to Española and Floreana Islands. Española or Espanola Island (Spanish: Isla Española) is the most southerly of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, about a 10 to 12-hour trip by boat from Santa Cruz.
Location of the Galápagos Islands relative to continental Ecuador. The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator 900 km (560 mi) west of the mainland of South America.
Islands of Santa Cruz (left) and Baltra (right). The photo on the left is the Itabaca Channel and is located between two islands in the Galápagos, Ecuador. Looking at the aerial photo, Baltra Island, also known as South Seymour Island, is on the right and Santa Cruz Island is on the left. The Itabaca Channel is used by water taxis who take ...
Guy Fawkes Island (Spanish: Isla Guy Fawkes), properly the Guy Fawkes Islands (Islas Guy Fawkes), is an island group composed of two crescent-shaped islets—North Guy Fawkes I. (I. Guy Fawkes Norte) and South Guy Fawkes I. (I. Guy Fawkes Sud)—and two rocks located northwest of Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Archipelago in Ecuador. [1]
Santay Island (Spanish Isla Santay) is a 2200 ha. island located in Guayas, Ecuador. It is part of the Durán Canton . It is surrounded by the Guayas River and populated by 47 families living there since the 1950s and before.
The unusual animals inspired Charles Darwin, who visited the islands in 1835, to develop his theory of evolution. Volcanic processes are constantly reshaping the islands. A sigfinicant boundary modification took place in 2001. [5] City of Quito: Pichincha: 1978 2; ii, iv (cultural) Quito was founded by the Spanish in 1534 on the ruins of an ...
Wrecked off Mocha Island. County of Peebles Chile: 1960s A windjammer that was beached as a breakwater at Punta Arenas. HMS Doterel Royal Navy: 1881 A Doterel-class sloop that exploded while anchored at Punta Arenas. [8] SMS Dresden Imperial German Navy: 1915 A Dresden-class light cruiser that was scuttled near Robinson Crusoe Island
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometers (621 mi) west of the mainland.