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Galapagos Islands Galapagos Islands: Bartolomé Island Galapagos Islands: Fernandina Island
Learn how the Enchanted Isles' volcanic past and isolation enabled plants and animals to uniquely evolve
Visit Santiago Island, in the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin spent weeks experimenting, observing, and collecting specimens of the unique Galapagos wildlife
Iguanas of the Galapagos Islands Crabs of the Galapagos Islands Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) with bright blue feet, brown wings, and white body stands on a rock on North Seymour Island, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador.
Observe flightless cormorants in their natural habitat on coasts of Fernandina and Isabela islands
Galapagos Islands: Sierra Negra
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Galapagos Islands Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, designated a World Heritage site in 1978.

Galapagos Islands

islands, Ecuador
Also known as: Archipiélago de Colón, Islas de los Galápagos, Las Encantadas(Show More)
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Galapagos Islands, island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively a province of Ecuador. The Galapagos consist of 13 major islands (ranging in area from 5.4 to 1,771 square miles [14 to 4,588 square km]), 6 smaller islands, and scores of islets and rocks lying athwart the Equator 600 miles (1,000 km) west of the mainland of Ecuador. Their total land area of 3,093 square miles (8,010 square km) is scattered over 23,000 square miles...

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