🌿 Galápagos Islands

Ecuador · Americas · Natural · 0.95°S, 90.40°W

The Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the equator, 485 nautical miles west of the mainland of South America. They form the Galápagos Province of the Republic of Ecuador, with a population of slightly over 33,450 in 2020. The province is divided into the 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 species, which were studied by Charles Darwin in the 1830s and inspired his theory of evolution by means of natural selection. All of these islands are protected as part of Ecuador's Galápagos National Park and Marine Reserve.

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Quick facts

Country	Ecuador
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	0.95°S, 90.40°W · view on map

Galápagos Islands is a natural World Heritage site in Ecuador, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Galápagos Islands was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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