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In late June 2018, Sierra Negra, one of five volcanoes on Isabela and one of the most active in the Galapagos archipelago, began erupting for the first time since 2005. Lava flows made their way to the coastline, prompting the evacuation of about fifty nearby residents and restricting tourist access. [20]
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.
The Hondius Broadside map of 1590 shows I. de Cocos at 2 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude, while in 1596 Theodore de Bry showed the Galápagos Islands near 6 degrees north of the Equator. Emanuel Bowen, in A Complete system of Geography, Volume II (London, 1747: 586), states that the Galápagos islands stretch 5 degrees north of the Equator.
The Galápagos archipelago consists of 128 named islands. There are 13 islands larger than 10 km 2, 19 larger than 1 km 2, 42 islets smaller than 1 km 2, and at least 26 emergent rocks. [1] The total land area of the archipelago is 8032 km 2. [2] Isabela is the largest and highest island, with an area of 4,588 km 2 and reaching an elevation of ...
Bothnian Bay archipelago [1] Haparanda archipelago [2] Kalix archipelago [3] Luleå archipelago [4] Piteå archipelago [5] Skellefteå archipelago [6] Froan; Kvarken Archipelago; Norrbotten Archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago; Pakri Islands; South Funen Archipelago; Swedish East Coast Archipelago Gräsö archipelago; Oskarshamn archipelago ...
The following islands are usually associated with Europe rather than North America, despite lying closer to Greenland than to Scandinavia: Iceland, world's 18th largest island; Jan Mayen; Svalbard Archipelago. Spitsbergen, world's 35th largest island; Nordaustlandet, world's 58th largest island; Edgeoya; Barentsoya
English: Topographic and bathymetric map of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Svenska: Topografisk och batymetrisk kartan över Galápagosöarna , Ecuador . Deutsch: Topografische and bathymetrische Karte der Galápagos-Inseln , Ecuador .
It supports one of the main colonies of critically endangered Galápagos petrels in the archipelago, with about 350 nests scattered beneath a dense vegetation among the rocks. Medium tree finches are endemic to the island. Other significant species include lava gulls, Galapagos penguins, and at one point in time the locally extinct Floreana ...