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San Cristóbal is Spanish for Saint Christopher, reckoned in Catholicism as the patron saint of sailors.. The English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley named it Dassigney's Island in 1684, [2] later shortened to Dassigney or Dassigny Island, [3] in honor of Philip Dassigny, the member of Bartholomew Sharp's crew who translated the Spanish atlas [4] that saved the captain from being hanged for piracy.
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto βakeˈɾiso moˈɾeno]) is the capital of Galápagos Province, Ecuador.It is located on the southwestern coast of San Cristóbal, the easternmost island in the archipelago, and is the capital of San Cristóbal Canton.
Options for air travel to the Galápagos are limited to two islands: San Cristobal (San Cristóbal Airport) and Baltra (Seymour Airport). [72] Private aircraft must use Baltra as it is the airport equipped with overnight plane accommodations. Seymour Airport on Baltra was recently renovated (2012–2013) to accommodate larger planes.
A UNESCO mission arrived in Galapagos on 29 April to study the progress made since 2007. A favorite of visitors to the Galapagos is Tortuga Bay, located on the Santa Cruz Island, about a 20-minute walk from the main water taxi dock in Puerto Ayora. The walking path is 1.55 miles (2,490 m) and is open from six in the morning to six in the evening.
Equirectangular projection. Geographic limits of the map: N: 1.8° N; S: 1.6° S; W: 92.1° W; E: 89.1° W; Date: 2 March 2009 (upload date) Source: own work, using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: NordNordWest: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Galapagos Simple Map.png
English: Topographic and bathymetric map of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Français : Carte topographique et bathymétrique de l'archipel des Galápagos , Équateur . *The background map is a raster image embedded in the SVG file.
San Cristóbal Airport 00°54′37″S 89°37′03″W / 0.91028°S 89.61750°W / -0.91028; -89.61750 ( San Cristóbal International Airport (San Cristobal Santa Rosa
Four islands – Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, and Floreana – are permanently inhabited. The islands have approximately 30,000 permanent residents. There are docks on all the inhabited islands, and an airport on San Cristóbal. Baltra Island has an airport, military base, tourism dock, and fuel facilities. [3] [1]