Galápagos Islands

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archipelago islands

The Galápagos Islands are a remote Pacific archipelago famed for their unique biodiversity and their pivotal role in Charles Darwin’s development of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Galápagos Islands canonical 78
Galápagos archipelago 10
Galápagos Archipelago 2

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
islands ⓘ
capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno ⓘ
climate tropical dry ⓘ
climateAffectedBy El Niño–Southern Oscillation ⓘ
climateInfluencedBy Equatorial Countercurrent ⓘ
Humboldt Current ⓘ
Panama Current ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
discoveredByEuropeans Fray Tomás de Berlanga ⓘ
distanceFromEcuadorMainland_km about 900 ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic hotspot ⓘ
governedAs Ecuadorian province ⓘ
hasIsland Baltra Island ⓘ
Española Island ⓘ
Fernandina Island ⓘ
Floreana Island ⓘ
Genovesa Island ⓘ
Isabela Island ⓘ
Marchena Island ⓘ
Pinta Island ⓘ
Pinzón Island ⓘ
Rabida Island ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
Santa Cruz Island ⓘ
Santa Cruz Island ⓘ
surface form: Santiago Island
highestPoint Volcán Wolf ⓘ
highestPoint_m 1707 ⓘ
inspiredWork On the Origin of Species ⓘ
knownFor Galápagos finches ⓘ
surface form: Darwin’s finches

endemic species ⓘ
giant tortoises ⓘ
marine iguanas ⓘ
role in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution ⓘ
unique biodiversity ⓘ
largestSettlement Puerto Ayora ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf South America ⓘ
locatedWestOf Ecuador ⓘ
namedAfter Spanish word "galápago" (tortoise) ⓘ
numberOfLargeIslands 13 ⓘ
numberOfMajorIslands 13 ⓘ
numberOfSmallerIslandsAndIslets over 100 ⓘ
onTectonicPlate Nazca Plate ⓘ
partOf Galápagos Province ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Ecuador
primaryEconomicActivities fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
protectedAs Galápagos Marine Reserve ⓘ
Galápagos National Park ⓘ
threats climate change ⓘ
invasive species ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
tourism pressure ⓘ
timeZone Galápagos Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1978 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType natural ⓘ
UTCOffset −06:00 ⓘ
visitedBy Charles Darwin ⓘ
volcanismType shield volcanoes ⓘ
yearOfEuropeanDiscovery 1535 ⓘ
yearVisitedByCharlesDarwin 1835 ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ecuador → includes → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Ecuador → hasWorldHeritageSite → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
The Voyage of the Beagle → setting → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos finches → foundIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
HMS Beagle second survey expedition → visitedRegion → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Phillie Phanatic → fictionalOrigin → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
American flamingo → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Southeastern Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Pinaroloxias → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Certhidea → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Certhidea → nativeRange → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Pacific Ocean islands (Galápagos Archipelago)
Platyspiza → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Camarhynchus → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Camarhynchus → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Camarhynchus → namedAfter → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
eastern Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos Islands region
Chelonoidis → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Chelonoidis → foundIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Ecuador → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Puerto Ayora → locatedIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Puerto Ayora → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Galápagos Province → contains → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Province → namedAfter → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Province → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos National Park → locatedIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Time → appliesTo → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Time → geographicalScope → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos Archipelago
Galápagos Marine Reserve → surrounds → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Marine Reserve → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos Islands World Heritage Site
Galápagos Marine Reserve → UNESCOWorldHeritageExtensionOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Fernandina Island → locatedIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Fernandina Island → archipelago → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Fernandina Island → westernmostIslandOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno → locatedIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Puerto Baquerizo Moreno → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Fray Tomás de Berlanga → explored → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Fray Tomás de Berlanga → discoveredBy → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
The Encantadas → setting → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey → operatesIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Galápagos Spreading Center → locatedNear → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Spreading Center → namedAfter → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Volcán Wolf → locatedIn → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Volcán Wolf → partOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Volcán Wolf → isHighestPointOf → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Volcán Wolf → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Peter R. Grant → workLocation → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Rosemary Grant → workLocation → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Spanish is an official language of Ecuador → region → Galápagos Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Spanish language in Ecuador