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    Isabela Island (Spanish: Isla Isabela) is the largest of the Galápagos Islands, with an area of 4,586 km2 (1,771 sq mi) and a length of 100 km (62 mi)...
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    cantons of San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, and Isabela, the three most populated islands in the chain. The Galápagos are famous for their large number of endemic...
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    The Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a penguin endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It is the only penguin found north of the equator...
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  • Isabela Island may refer to: Isabela Island (Galápagos) Isabela Island (Philippines) Isabel Island (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • American actress Isabela Island (Galápagos), an island in the Galápagos, Ecuador Isabela River, a river in the Dominican Republic La Isabela, a town in Puerto...
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    to lay their eggs. Galápagos giant tortoises represent the top herbivores in the Galápagos, and as such they shape the entire island ecosystem. They provide...
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    Isabela, being only less than one million years old since its formation. Like the other islands, it was formed by the Galápagos hotspot. The island is...
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    The Project Isabela (Spanish: Proyecto Isabela) was an environmental restoration project in the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador that took place between 1997...
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    Mountain) is a large shield volcano at the southeastern end of Isabela Island in the Galapagos that rises to an altitude of 1124m. It coalesces with the volcanoes...
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    Volcán Wolf (category Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands)
    known as Mount Whiton, is the highest peak in the Galápagos Islands. It is situated on Isabela Island and reaches 1,710 m (5,610 ft). It is a shield volcano...
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    the islands in the 16th century, named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning "tortoise". Galápagos tortoises are native to seven of the Galápagos Islands...
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    Galápagos National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Galápagos) was established in 1959. It began operation in 1968, and it is Ecuador's first national park...
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    other names, is the most populous and second-largest island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Situated in the middle of the group, Santa Cruz is a shield...
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    Plate. The volcanically active Galápagos Islands exist on the Galápagos hotspot above the Galápagos Rise. The Galápagos microplate is a small separate...
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    They are driven by the Galápagos hotspot, and are between 4.2 million and 700,000 years of age. The largest island, Isabela, consists of six coalesced...
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    Conolophus. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands off of Ecuador's Pacific coast, inhabiting the dry lowlands of Fernandina, Isabela, Santa Cruz, North Seymour...
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    Cerro Azul (Ecuador volcano) (category Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands)
    western part of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands. At a height of 1,689 m (5,541 ft) it is the second highest peak in the Galapagos and due to its...
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  • Albemarle, a commune in Upper Normandy Isabela Island (Galápagos), Ecuador, the largest island of the Galápagos Islands, originally known as Albemarle HMS Albemarle...
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  • the island to locate the remaining feral goats. 263 goats were killed. Project Isabela was a goat extermination initiative in the Galápagos Islands that...
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    Villamil on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. It was constructed between 1945 and 1959 by prisoners in the penal colony on the island, which...
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    is found around Isabela Island on the Galápagos archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, which straddles the equator. However, most of Isabela and the rest of...
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    presence of Galápagos fur seals in Mexico and Guatemala. Galápagos fur seals live in large colonies on the rocky beaches of the Galápagos Islands. These colonies...
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  • The Galápagos Islands are located off the west coast of South America straddling the equator. The Galápagos are located at the confluence of several currents...
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    (Nannopterum harrisi), also known as the Galapagos cormorant, is a cormorant endemic to the Galapagos Islands, and an example of the highly unusual fauna...
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    Santiago Island is one of the Galápagos Islands. The island, which consists of two overlapping volcanoes, has an area of 585 square kilometers (226 sq mi)...
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    Alcedo Volcano (category Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands)
    is one of the six coalescing shield volcanoes that make up Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The remote location of the volcano has meant that even the...
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    Napoleonic Wars. Rabida is one of the Galápagos Islands, located south of Santiago Island, northeast of Isabela Island, and northwest of Santa Cruz. In addition...
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    The Galápagos Islands xeric scrub, also known as the Galápagos Islands scrubland mosaic, is a terrestrial deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion that covers...
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    Charles Darwin Research Station (category Galápagos Islands)
    Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands, with satellite offices on Isabela and San Cristóbal islands. In Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Ecuadorian...
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  • Thumbnail for Marine iguana
    sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Unique among modern lizards...
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