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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Galápagos tortoise (redirect from Floreana Island tortoise)
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 (redirect from Floreana lava lizard)
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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