Ecuador calls this island group Archipielago de Colon
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Galapagos Islands. General information - Travel to Ecuador and the ...  Information about the Galapagos archipelago, National Park and Marine ... Today, the Galapagos are considered one of the most active volcanic island groups in ... in the name of Ecuador calling them, "Archipielago del Ecuador" and giving ... In 1892, the Galapagos are given their official name of "Archipilago de Coln",...
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General Information | Galapagos Islands - Travel Guide  from the Ecuadorian mainland. ... Official Name: Archipilago de Coln ... However, he later left the island with a group of sailors who were never seen again, while Watkins arrived and settled in Guayaquil. .... Call the Galapagos Experts.
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Galpagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador | Ecoregions | WWF  The Galapagos Islands are part of Ecuador although they lie in the Pacific ... There are approximately 128 named islands in the archipelago with Isabela .... Galapagos ecoregion; the two major groups include seabirds and landbirds. .... Protected Areas Datasheet on the Perque Nacioal Galapagos, Archipielago de Colon.
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Galapagos Islands | islands, Ecuador | Britannica.com  May 12, 2016 ... Galapagos Islands, Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago) , island group of the eastern Pacific...
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Galpagos Islands - Wikipedia  The Galpagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the ... The group of islands was shown and named in Abraham Ortelius's atlas ... The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they ..... The islands were named "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the...
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J! Archive - Show #3119, aired 1998-03-05  As its name indicates, Ecuador's lowland El Oriente lies on this side of ... The name of this barkless African dog is from the Bantu for "natives"...
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Hispaniola - Wikipedia  Hispaniola is the 22nd-largest island in the world, located in the Caribbean island group, the ... When Columbus took possession of the island in 1492, he named it Insula Hispana, meaning "the Spanish Island" in Latin and La Isla Espaola,...
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The Princeton Caribbean Connection: Anguilla  It also has some of the finest beaches in the Caribbean. ... by Great Britain until the early 19th century, when the island - against the wishes of the inhabitants ... The Carib Indians, who eventually overpowered the Arawaks, called the island Malliouhana. Early Spanish explorers named the island Anguilla, which means 'eel,'...
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Island invasives: eradication and management - IUCN Portals  Monitoring of a population of Galpagos land iguanas (Conolophus .... Eradications of invasive mammals on islands in Mexico: the roles of history and the collaboration ..... Eradication of exotic rodents off six high conservation value Western Australian islands . ...... (Egernia stokesii badia) found on the island is also listed.
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South America  Almost the entire landmass of South America lies to the east of the same ... The country of Ecuador is located on the equatorhence its name. ... On the south side of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago is Cape Horn, which is ... Chile controls the noted Easter Island and the Robinson Crusoe Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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Galpagos Islands - Wikipedia  The Galpagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the ... The islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km (605 mi) off the west ... The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they ..... The islands are administered by a provincial government.
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Jeopary Questions page 1156 - WORLD HERITAGE SITES ...  List of Jeopardy Questions, Page 1156 - WORLD HERITAGE SITES. ... WORLD HERITAGE SITES: These islands, made a national park by Ecuador in 1959, were made a World Heritage Site in ... TV REDUX: These small balls of fur returned for a "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode & a "Jeopardy!" Teen Tournament.
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Farther Away - The New Yorker  Apr 18, 2011 ... Robinson Crusoe, David Foster Wallace, and the island of solitude. ... The uninhabited island was named for a marooned ... In the nineteen-sixties, Chilean tourism officials renamed the island for Alexander Selkirk, the Scottish .... birds: a little gray-flanked cinclodes and several Juan Fernndez hawks, two...
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Free Flashcards about ISLANDS - StudyStack  AN ISLAND GROUP EAST OF NEW GUINEA IS NAMED FOR THE BIBLICAL KING FAMOUS FOR HIS LEGENDARY GOLD MINES, SOLOMON. THIS ISLAND...
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Jeo 19 - 4 Flashcards | Quizlet  Columbus sighted this volcanic island in 1493 & gave it a name meaning ..... Feeding on other fish's entrails, it gets its name from a 3-letter word for an ugly old...
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Islandia  En el Oeste y los Fiordos del Oeste se palpa la historia geolgica de Islandia, desde su creacin, hace 1516 millones de aos, hasta la colonizacin en el s.
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FIELD LISTING - CIA  etymology: "antiguo" is Spanish for "ancient" or "old"; the island was discovered by ... etymology: the origin of the island's name is unclear; according to tradition, the name .... etymology: in the 15th century, Portuguese explorers named the area near the ..... Guinea-Bissau, `conventional long form: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
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Ecuador's Enchanted Galapagos Islands | All About Birds  Jul 15, 2011 ... At that time called Las Encantadas (The Enchanted), today we ... Although we were just a few feet away from the birds, they refused ... Less brilliant is the Lava Gull, one of the world's rarest gulls with its ... Because the Galpagos Islands lie astride the equator, the days are about 12 hours long year round.
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La Mitad del Mundo - The Middle of the World in Ecuador ...  Dec 17, 2012 ... Posted in: Ecuador Travel, Quito Ecuador ... La Mitad del Mundo, or the Middle of the Earth, is probably Ecuador's biggest claim to fame and ... GPS measures proved that the actual equator is located 250 meters from the monument. ... The museum concentrates on all three continental regions of the country.
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Tierra del Fuego - Wikipedia  They are part of the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctic Territory and South Atlantic Islands Province, whose capital is Ushuaia, the biggest city of the archipelago.
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Galpagos Islands - Wikipedia  The Galpagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the ... The islands are famed for their vast number of endemic species and were .... Espaola is the only place where the waved albatross nests. .... and the headquarters of the Galpagos National Park Service are located here.