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Island, New Caledonia.
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Hood Island
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Española Island

island, Pacific Ocean
Also known as: Hood Island
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Española Island, southernmost of the major Galápagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. Large seal and albatross colonies live on the island, which has an area of 18 square miles (47 square km), but there are no human settlements.

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