Galápagos Islands

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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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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

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Isabela Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Sphenisciformes nativeRegion Galápagos Islands
Santa Cruz Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Volatinia jacarina introducedTo Galápagos Islands
Coerebinae distribution Galápagos Islands
small tree finch endemicTo Galápagos Islands
small tree finch islandGroup Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
medium tree finch endemicTo Galápagos Islands
medium tree finch isEndemicBirdOf Galápagos Islands
San Cristóbal Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
San Cristóbal Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Floreana Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Floreana Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
Marchena Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Marchena Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
Española Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Española Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
Rabida Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
subject surface form: Rábida Island
Charles tree finch endemicTo Galápagos Islands
Genovesa Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Genovesa Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos Archipelago
Genovesa Island UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Galápagos Islands
Pinzón Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Pinzón Island partOf Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Galápagos Islands
Baltra Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Baltra Island belongsTo Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Galápagos Islands
woodpecker finch endemicTo Galápagos Islands
woodpecker finch foundOnIslandGroup Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Pinta Island locatedIn Galápagos Islands
Pinta Island archipelago Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos archipelago
Equair regionServed Galápagos Islands
Galápagos Rise associatedWith Galápagos Islands
Galápagos hotspot locatedNear Galápagos Islands
Galápagos hotspot associatedWith Galápagos Islands
Galápagos plume track relatedTo Galápagos Islands
Galápagos plume track youngerEndNear Galápagos Islands
Galápagos plume track namedAfter Galápagos Islands
HMS Beagle areaSurveyed Galápagos Islands
this entity surface form: Galápagos Islands vicinity
Iguanidae distribution Galápagos Islands
Galapagos shark occursAt Galápagos Islands
Galapagos shark namedAfter Galápagos Islands
Nazca booby breedingRange Galápagos Islands
Zalophus nativeTo Galápagos Islands
subject surface form: Zalophus wollebaeki
Municipality of San Cristóbal locatedIn Galápagos Islands
San Cristóbal Canton locatedIn Galápagos Islands