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    Floreana Island (Spanish: Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km2 (67 sq mi). It was...
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  • Wittmer (12 July 1904–21 March 2000) was one of the original settlers of Floreana Island. Wittmer was born in Cologne on 12 July 1904. She wrote about her...
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    The Floreana giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger niger), also known as the Charles Island giant tortoise, is an extinct subspecies of the Galápagos tortoise...
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  • movie is based on the true story of a few European settlers arriving at Floreana Island, in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. The film premiered at the Toronto...
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  • The Empress of Floreana is a 1934 silent adventure short film made on Floreana Island by a millionaire captain who originally came with a crew to visit...
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    subspecies, C. n. niger (the type subspecies of Galápagos tortoise) from Floreana Island and an undescribed subspecies from Santa Fe Island are known to...
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    Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) or the Charles Island mockingbird, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It was endemic to Floreana,...
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    one of the last refuges of the Floreana mockingbird. Isla Watson - This small islet is one of the many islets of Floreana island. Enderby Island - Besides...
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    Microlophus grayii, also commonly known as the Floreana lava lizard, Gray's lava lizard, and Gray's Pacific iguana, is a species of lava lizard in the...
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    which is considered extinct as of June 24, 2012. The subspecies inhabiting Floreana Island (Chelonoidis niger niger) is thought to have been hunted to extinction...
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  • is about a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s among the largely European expatriate residents at the time...
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    misunderstood Cowley's maps and accidentally transferred that name to what is now Floreana Island. Thinking Española undiscovered until that point, he renamed it...
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    (English: Haven of Peace) is a location on Floreana Island in the Galapagos archipelago. It is the site of Floreana's first human settlement, and is now among...
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    him. King Charles's Island and Charles Island are previous names of both Floreana Island and Española Island in the Galapagos Archipelago, both in his honour...
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    Hood mockingbird, Mimus macdonaldi Galápagos mockingbird, Mimus parvulus Floreana mockingbird or Charles mockingbird, Mimus trifasciatus San Cristóbal mockingbird...
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    tortoise)". nhm.ac.uk. National History Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2014. "Floreana History – Pre 1900s". Diving The Galapagos blog. 28 July 2009. Archived...
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    £24,000 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's campaign for the Floreana mockingbird and other wildlife of Galapagos. She has shown three exhibitions...
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  • the Galápagos Archipelago, originally Española Island but now chiefly Floreana Island Search for "King Charles"  or "Charles, King" on Wikipedia. Charles...
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  • volcano located in the south of Floreana Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It is the highest peak on Floreana, with a maximum elevation of 640...
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    Islands Bartolomé Island Daphne Island Española Island Fernandina Island Floreana Island Guy Fawkes Island James Island Jervis Island Nameless Island North...
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  • lizard (Microlophus delanonis) Pinzón lava lizard (Microlophus duncanensis) Floreana lava lizard (Microlophus grayii) Marchena lava lizard (Microlophus habelii)...
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  • of islands of Bermuda#Charles Island Charles Island (Nunavut), Canada Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, formerly known as Charles Island Española...
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    of the archipelago, though it is absent from the southeastern islands (Floreana, Española, San Cristóbal, and Santa Fé). They keep a small territory and...
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    in the world, the others being Talofofo Beach, Guam; Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands; and Hornindalsvatnet, Norway.[better source needed]...
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     Vanuatu * Great Nicobar Island Mount Thullier 642 m 2106 ft  India * Floreana Island, Galápagos Cerro Pajas 640 m 2100 ft  Ecuador * Siquijor Mount Malabahoc...
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    Santiago Island 1906 Darwin 1813 Ecuador 1150 Santa Cruz Island Unknown Floreana Island Unknown Genovesa Island Unknown San Cristóbal Island Unknown Roca...
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    Thraupidae. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands where it is only found on Floreana Island. Its name is derived from the fact that the bird's beak is intermediate...
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    while in campaign supporting the presidency of Gabriel García Moreno. Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago is named for Flores. Ecuador Online...
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  • species, found only on the Galápagos Islands: G. baerti, G. bella, and G. floreana. List of Pholcidae species "Gen. Galapa Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog...
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  • (Culpepper) Island Española (Hood) Island Fernandina (Narborough) Island Floreana (Charles or Santa María) Island Genovesa (Tower) Island Isabela (Albemarle)...
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