Malpelo is a small oceanic island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, located about 500 km (310 mi) west of the Colombian mainland with a military post manned...
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Insular region of Colombia (category Islands of Colombia)
coastal islands along mainland Colombia. In the Pacific, it includes Gorgona Island and Malpelo Island. The ecosystems and wildlife found on these islands are...
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Marquesas Islands Northern Polynesia The Hawaiian Islands Oceanic islands of the Eastern Pacific The Revillagigedo Islands Cocos Island and Malpelo Island Clipperton...
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Colombia. It is the 57th plate to be identified. It is named after Malpelo Island, the only emerged part of the plate. It is bounded on the west by the...
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Malpelo may refer to: Malpelo Island off Colombia's Pacific coast Punta Malpelo, a point in Peru near the border with Ecuador. This disambiguation page...
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Ají Island La Palma Island Malpelo Island Boyacá Department: Lake Tota Cerro Chiquito Island Santa Helena Island San Pedro Island Nariño Department: La...
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Alexander Selkirk (category Juan Fernández Islands)
Selkirk's suspicions were soon justified, as Cinque Ports foundered near Malpelo Island 400 km (250 mi) from the coast of what is now Colombia. By the time...
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accommodations; the record was broken by the 2012 DXpedition to Malpelo Island. In 2012, Swains Island hosted the DXpedition NH8S from September 5–19. A total...
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Coffee Cultural Landscape Santa Cruz de Mompox Los Katíos National Park Malpelo Island Tierradentro Cartagena Qhapaq Ñan (Colombian) San Agustín Chiribiquete...
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Oceania (section Pacific Islands)
Oceania defines Easter Island, the Galápagos Islands, the Juan Fernández Islands, Costa Rica's Cocos Island and Colombia's Malpelo Island (all oceanic) as making...
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Anolis agassizi (redirect from Malpelo anole)
species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is endemic to Malpelo Island, which is part of Colombia. The specific name, agassizi, is in honour...
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Boundaries between the continents (section Islands)
Galápagos Islands and Malpelo Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean are possessions of Ecuador and Colombia, respectively. Malpelo Island, located 500...
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of the other islands (for example, Malpelo, Gorgona or Coiba) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Because of the unique ecology of the island and its surrounding...
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the Malpelo Island in the Pacific Ocean is also associated with South America (or on rare occasion Oceania, due to its status as an oceanic island). However...
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accidental visitor on several Pacific islands, such as Cocos Island, Malpelo Island, Hawaii, the Azores, Clarion Island, and has occurred as an extremely...
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This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental...
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The Rosario Islands (Islas del Rosario), also referred to as Corales Islas del Rosario (Coral Islands of Rosario), is an archipelago located off the coast...
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Caribbean island that is part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, or The Raizal Islands, and the...
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from the Galawa Beach Hotel on the Comoros island of Grande Comore. The January 2012 trip to Malpelo Island had 195,625 contacts. While not an absolute...
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Acanthemblemaria stephensi (redirect from Malpelo barnacle blenny)
Acanthemblemaria stephensi, the Malpelo barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny found in coral reefs around Malpelo Island, in the eastern Pacific...
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Island, South Orkney Islands, Peter I Island, Malpelo Island, Conway Reef and Palmerston Island. The New Zealand Subantarctic Islands are relatively close...
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America to Peru in South America and in the Galapagos archipelago and Malpelo Island. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has roosterfish...
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Providencia Island Santander Chicamocha Canyon El Gallineral Tolima Cerro Bravo Nevado del Huila Los Nevados Valle del Cauca Farallones de Cali Malpelo Island Vaupés...
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org). Retrieved 10 May 2014. Brunt, M.A.; Davies, J.E. (1994). The Cayman Islands: Natural history and biogeography. Dordrecht, NL: Kluwer Academic. p. 175...
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Providencia Island Santander Chicamocha Canyon El Gallineral Tolima Cerro Bravo Nevado del Huila Los Nevados Valle del Cauca Farallones de Cali Malpelo Island Vaupés...
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dotted galliwasp or Malpelo galliwasp (Diploglossus millepunctatus) is a carnivorous species of lizard endemic to Malpelo Island, Colombia. Adults of...
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number of islands off the western coast of Central America in the Pacific Ocean: Clipperton Island, Cocos Island and Malpelo Island. Clipperton Island is the...
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developed civilizations. For instance, pre-Columbian indigenous people on the island of Marajó may have developed social stratification and supported a population...
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western ridge of the Cordillera Central. Valle del Cauca also administers Malpelo Island in the Pacific. Palynological analyses performed by experts have determined...
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Rise Malpelo Island Micronesian Islands Misool Marine Reserve - nomination under consideration Monterey Bay Moreton Bay Northeastern Hawaiian Islands - nomination...
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