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.

Aliases (3)
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 (21)

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

South Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands →
Southeastern Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands →
eastern Pacific Ocean → contains → Galápagos Islands →
this entity surface form: "Galápagos Islands region"
Camarhynchus → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands →
Certhidea → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands →
Pinaroloxias → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands →
Platyspiza → endemicTo → Galápagos Islands →
Phillie Phanatic → fictionalOrigin → Galápagos Islands →
Chelonoidis → foundIn → Galápagos Islands →
this entity surface form: "Galápagos archipelago"
Galápagos finches → foundIn → Galápagos Islands →
Ecuador → hasWorldHeritageSite → Galápagos Islands →
Ecuador → includes → Galápagos Islands →
Camarhynchus → namedAfter → Galápagos Islands →
Certhidea → nativeRange → Galápagos Islands →
this entity surface form: "eastern Pacific Ocean islands (Galápagos Archipelago)"
American flamingo → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands →
Camarhynchus → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands →
Chelonoidis → nativeTo → Galápagos Islands →
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"
The Voyage of the Beagle → setting → Galápagos Islands →
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