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  2. List of World Heritage Sites in Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    World Heritage Sites; Site Image Location Year listed UNESCO data Description Galápagos Islands: Galápagos: 1978 1bis; vii, viii, ix, x (natural) The archipelago comprises 19 volcanic islands (Bartolomé Island pictured) around 1,000 km (620 mi) off the coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean. Due to their extreme isolation, and at the ...

  3. Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, the 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 sq mi) of ocean surrounding the islands was declared a marine reserve, second in size only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In 1990, the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. UNESCO recognized the islands in 1978 as a World Heritage Site [74] and in 1985, as a biosphere reserve. This was later ...

  4. List of island countries - Wikipedia

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    Indonesia is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km 2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). [4] It is also the world's most populous island country, with a population of over 270 million (the fourth most populous country in the world, after India , China , and the United States ).

  5. List of archipelagos by number of islands - Wikipedia

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    Name of the archipelago Number of islands, islets, reefs, coral reefs and cays Location (total number of islands) Archipelago Sea (Åland Archipelago): 50,000 (Approx.)

  6. Española Island - Wikipedia

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    Española is one of Ecuador's Galápagos Islands. [3] Located at the extreme southeast of the archipelago, it is considered to be one of the oldest of the islands, having first formed approximately four million years ago. The climate is generally dry, receiving only a few inches of rain per year.

  7. Galápagos National Park - Wikipedia

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    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 people from Baltra to Santa Cruz.

  8. Galápagos Province - Wikipedia

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    The archipelago was likely inhabited long ago: the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1963 reported that he found Inca archaeological sites and objects. The Galapagos Islands were discovered by chance on 10 March 1535, when the Dominican friar Fray Tomas de Berlanga, Bishop of Panama, went to Peru in pursuance of an order of the Spanish ...

  9. Geography of Ecuador - Wikipedia

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    Ecuador is located on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and has 2,237 km of coastline.It has 2237 km of land boundaries, with Colombia in the north (708 km border) and Peru in the east and south (1,529 km border). 283,561 km 2 (109,484 sq mi) is land and 6,720 km 2 (2,595 sq mi) water.