Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands are a small archipelago of islands belonging to Ecuador in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The islands are quite remote and isolated, lying some 1000 km west of the South American continent, and the archipelago is bisected by the equator.Tap on the map to travel |
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Isabela
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Isabela Island, known by its Spanish name of Isla Isabela and less commonly by its English name of Albemarle Island, is the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Santa Cruz
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Santa Cruz is the most important island in the Galapagos Islands archipelago, in Ecuador.
San Cristobal
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San Cristóbal Island, also known as Chatham Island, is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, as well as one of the oldest geologically.
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Fernandina
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Fernandina Island, also known in Spanish as Isla Fernandina and less commonly by its English name of Narborough Island, is one of Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
Floreana
Floreana Island, also known by its Spanish names of Isla Floreana and Isla Santa Maria, and by its English name of Charles Island, is one of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.Espanola
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Española or Espanola Island is the most southerly of the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, about a 10 to 12-hour trip by boat from Santa Cruz.
Baltra
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Baltra is one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands. Located in the central part of the archipelago.
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Island, also known as Barrington Island, is a small island of 24 square kilometres which lies in the middle of the Galápagos Archipelago in Ecuador.Genovesa
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Genovesa Island, also known in Spanish as Isla Genovesa or by its English name of Tower Island, is one of Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.
South Plaza
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South Plaza is a small island off the east coast of Santa Cruz in the Galápagos Islands.
Galapagos Islands
- Type: Island with 25,000 residents
- Description: Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, part of Ecuador since 1832
- Categories: archipelago, WWF ecoregion and tourist attraction
- Location: Ecuador, South America
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Latitude of centre
-0.6111° or 0° 36' 40" southLongitude of centre
-90.6657° or 90° 39' 57" westPopulation
25,000United Nations Location Code
EC GPSGeoNames ID
3658931Wikidata ID
Q38095Galapagos Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Galapagos-eilande
- Afrikaans: Galapagos eilande
- Afrikaans: Galápagos-eilande
- Afrikaans: Galápagos Eilande
- Afrikaans: Galápagos Islands
- Afrikaans: Galápagoseilende
- Albanian: Ishujt Galapagos
- Arabic: Kapuropod-an Galápagos
- Arabic: أرخبيل غالاباغوس
- Arabic: جالاباجوس
- Arabic: جزر الغالاباغوس
- Arabic: جزر جلاباجوس
- Arabic: جزر غالاباغوس
- Arabic: جلابا جوس
- Arabic: غالاباغوس
- Aragonese: Galapagos
- Aragonese: Islas Galapagos
- Armenian: Գալապագոսյան կղզիներ
- Asturian: Islles Galápagos
- Azerbaijani: Qalapaqos adaları
- Bashkir: Галапагос
- Basque: Galapago Uharteak
- Basque: Galapagoak
- Basque: Kolonen uhartedia
- Belarusian: Архіпелаг Калон
- Belarusian: Галапагас
- Belarusian: Галяпагаскія астравы
- Belarusian: Чарапашыя астравы
- Bengali: গালাপাগোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bengali: গ্যালাপাগোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Bosnian: Galapagos
- Bosnian: Galapagos Ostrva
- Bosnian: Galapagoska ostrva
- Bosnian: Galapagoška Ostrva
- Breton: Inizi Galapagos
- Breton: Inizi Galápagos
- Bulgarian: Галапагос
- Bulgarian: Галапагоски острови
- Bulgarian: Костенуркови острови
- Bulgarian: Острови Галапагос
- Burmese: ဂါလာပါဂိုးကျွန်းများ
- Catalan: Galàpagos
- Catalan: Illes Galàpagos
- Catalan: Illes Galápagos
- Catalan: illes Galápagos
- Cebuano: Galapagos Islands
- Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی گالاپاگۆس
- Cherokee: ᎦᎳᏆᎪᏍ ᎠᎽᏰᎵ
- Chinese: Galápagos Kûn-tó
- Chinese: 加拉巴哥群島
- Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯
- Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯群岛
- Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯群島
- Chinese: 科隆群岛
- Chinese: 科隆群島
- Croatian: Galapagos
- Croatian: Galapagoško otočje
- Croatian: Galápagos
- Croatian: Otočje Galapagos
- Croatian: Otočje Galápagos
- Czech: Galapágy
- Danish: Galapagos-øerne
- Danish: Galapagos
- Danish: Galapagosøerne
- Danish: Galápagosøerne
- Dhivehi: ގަލާޕެގޮސް އައިލެންޑްސް
- Dutch: Galapagos-eilanden
- Dutch: Galapagos Eilanden
- Dutch: Galapagoseilanden
- Dutch: Galapos eilanden
- Dutch: Galápagos-eilanden
- Dutch: Galápagoseilanden
- English: Archipelago of Colon
- English: Archipelago of Columbus
- English: Archipelago of Ecuador
- English: Archipelago of the Equator
- English: Bewitched Islands
- English: Colon Archipelago
- English: Colon Islands
- English: Colons
- English: Columbus Archipelago
- English: Columbus Islands
- English: Ecuador Archipelago
- English: Enchanted Islands
- English: Enchanted Isles
- English: Enchanteds
- English: Galapagos
- English: Galapagos Archipelago
- English: Galapagoses
- English: Gallapagos
- English: Gallapagos I.
- English: Gallapagos Isl.
- English: Gallapagos Islands
- English: Galápagos Archipelago
- English: Galápagos Islands
- English: Galápagoses
- English: I. Gallapagos
- English: Inchanted Islands
- English: Inchanteds
- English: Insular Region
- English: Insular Region of Ecuador
- English: Islands of the Equator
- English: Isles of Gallapagos
- English: Las Encantadas
- English: the Galapagos
- English: the Galapagoses
- Esperanto: Galapaga Insularo
- Esperanto: Galapagoj
- Esperanto: Galapagos Insularo
- Esperanto: Galápagos
- Esperanto: Insuloj Galapagoj
- Estonian: Colóni saarestik
- Estonian: Galapagos
- Estonian: Galapagose saared
- Estonian: Galápagose saared
- Faroese: Galapagos
- Faroese: Galapagosoyggjar
- Finnish: Galapagos-saaret
- Finnish: Galapagos
- Finnish: Galapagossaaret
- Finnish: Galápagos-saaret
- Finnish: Galápagossaaret
- French: Archipel de Colon
- French: Archipel de Colón
- French: Archipel des Galapagos
- French: Archipel des Galápagos
- French: Archipiélago de Colon
- French: Archipiélago de Colón
- French: Galapagos
- French: Galapagos Islands
- French: Galápagos
- French: Galápagos Islands
- French: Iles-Enchantées
- French: Iles Enchantées
- French: Iles Galapagos
- French: Iles Galápagos
- French: Islas de Colon
- French: Islas de Colón
- French: Îles-Enchantées
- French: Îles Enchantées
- French: Îles Galapagos
- French: Îles Galápagos
- French: Îles de Colon
- French: Îles de Colón
- French: îles Galápagos
- Galician: Galápagos
- Galician: Illas Galápagos
- Georgian: გალაპაგოსი
- Georgian: გალაპაგოსის არქიპელაგი
- Georgian: გალაპაგოსის კუნძულები
- German: Archipelago de Colon
- German: Archipielago de Colon
- German: Archipiélago de Colón
- German: Archipélago de Colón
- German: Galapagos-Archipel
- German: Galapagos-Insel
- German: Galapagos-Inseln
- German: Galapagosinseln
- German: Galápagos-Archipel
- German: Galápagos-Insel
- German: Galápagos-Inseln
- German: Galápagosinseln
- German: Islas Galapagos
- German: Kolumbusarchipel
- Greek: Γκαλάπαγος
- Greek: Γκαλαπάγκος
- Greek: Νησιά Γκαλάπαγος
- Greek: Νησιά Γκαλαπάγκος
- Gujarati: ગેલાપાગોસ આઈલેન્ડ
- Hebrew: איי גלאפגוס
- Hebrew: איי גלפאגוס
- Hebrew: איי גלפגוס
- Hebrew: ארכיפלגו דה קולון
- Hebrew: גלאפגוס
- Hebrew: גלפאגוס
- Hebrew: גלפגוס
- Hindi: गैलापागोस द्वीप समूह
- Hindi: गैलापागोस द्वीपसमूह
- Hungarian: Galapagos-szigetek
- Hungarian: Galápagos-szigetek
- Hungarian: Galápagos Islands
- Icelandic: Galapagos
- Icelandic: Galapagoseyjar
- Icelandic: Galápagos
- Icelandic: Galápagoseyjar
- Ido: Galapagi
- Indonesian: Galapagos
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Galapagos
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Galápagos
- Irish: Oileáin Galápagos
- Irish: Oileáin Ghalápagos
- Italian: Arcipelago del Colon
- Italian: Arcipelago delle Galapagos
- Italian: Colon
- Italian: Galapagos
- Italian: Galapagos Islands
- Italian: Galápagos
- Italian: Isole Galapagos
- Italian: Isole Galápagos
- Japanese: ガラパゴス諸島
- Javanese: Kapuloan Galapagos
- Javanese: Kapuloan Galápagos
- Kannada: ಗಲಾಪಗಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kannada: ಗಲಾಪಗೋಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kazakh: Галапагос
- Kazakh: Галапагос аралдары
- Kirghiz: Галапагос
- Korean: 갈라파고스
- Korean: 갈라파고스 군도
- Korean: 갈라파고스 섬
- Korean: 갈라파고스 제도
- Korean: 콜론 제도
- Latin: Galapagenses Insulae
- Latin: Galapagos
- Latin: Insulae Galapagenses
- Latin: Insulae Testudinariae
- Latin: Insulae de los Galopegos
- Latvian: Galapagu salas
- Lingua Franca Nova: Isolas Galapagos
- Lithuanian: Galapagai
- Lithuanian: Galapagos
- Lithuanian: Galapagų salos
- Low German: Galapagos-Inseln
- Low German: Galapagoseilaanden
- Low German: Galápagos-Inseln
- Luxembourgish: Archipiélago de Colón
- Luxembourgish: Galapagos-Inselen
- Luxembourgish: Galapagosinselen
- Luxembourgish: Galápagos-Inselen
- Luxembourgish: Galápagos
- Luxembourgish: Galápagosinselen
- Macedonian: Галапагос
- Malay: Kepulauan Galapagos
- Malay: Kepulauan Galápagos
- Malayalam: ഗാലപ്പഗോസ് ദ്വീപുകൾ
- Maltese: Galapagos
- Maltese: Galapágos
- Maltese: Gżejjer Galapagos
- Maltese: Il-Galapagos
- Maori: Moutere Galápagos
- Marathi: गालापागोस
- Marathi: गालापागोस द्वीपसमूह
- Marathi: गॅलापागोस
- Marathi: गॅलापागोस बेटे
- Min Nan Chinese: Colón Kûn-tó
- Min Nan Chinese: Galápagos Kûn-tó
- Minangkabau: Kapulauan Galapagos
- Mongolian: Галапагосын Арлууд
- Nepali: गालापागोस टापुहरू
- Nepali: गालापागोस टापू
- Northern Frisian: Galapagos Eilunen
- Norwegian: Galápagosøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galapagos-øyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galapagos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galapagosøyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagos-øyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagos
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagosarkipel
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagosarkipelet
- Norwegian Bokmål: Galápagosøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galapagos-øyane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galapagos
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galapagosøyane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galapagosøyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagos-øyane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagos-øyene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagos-øygruppa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagos
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagos Islands
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Galápagosøyane
- Occitan (post 1500): Galápagos
- Occitan (post 1500): Illas Galápagos
- Panjabi: ਗਲਾਪਾਗੋਸ ਦੀਪ ਸਮੂਹ
- Persian: جزایر گالاپاگس
- Persian: جزایر گالاپاگوس
- Persian: مجمعالجزایر گالاپاگوس
- Persian: گالاپاگس
- Persian: گالاپاگوس
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Galapagas Ailen
- Polish: Galapagos
- Polish: Wyspy Galapagos
- Polish: Wyspy Galápagos
- Polish: Wyspy Żółwie
- Portuguese: Arquipélago de Colombo
- Portuguese: Arquipélago de Galápagos
- Portuguese: Galápagos
- Portuguese: Galápagos Islands
- Portuguese: Ilha de Galápagos
- Portuguese: Ilhas Galápagos
- Portuguese: Islas Galápagos
- Quechua: Galápagos
- Quechua: Islas Galápagos
- Quechua: Yawatisuyu
- Romanian: Arhipelagul Galapagos
- Romanian: Galapagos
- Romanian: Insulele Galápagos
- Romanian: Insulele galapagos
- Russian: Галапагос
- Russian: Галапагосские острова
- Russian: Галапагосский архипелаг
- Russian: Черепашьи острова
- Saterfriesisch: Galápagos-Ailounde
- Serbian: Галапагос
- Serbian: Галапагоска острва
- Serbian: Острва Галапагос
- Serbo-Croatian: Galápagos
- Serbo-Croatian: Otočje Galápagos
- Sicilian: Galapagos
- Sicilian: Galápagos
- Sinhala: ගැලපගස් දුපත්
- Slovak: Galapágy
- Slovak: Korytnačie ostrovy
- Slovenian: Galapagos
- Slovenian: Galapaški otoki
- Slovenian: Galapaško otočje
- Slovenian: Galápagos
- Spanish: Archipielago de Colon
- Spanish: Archipiélago de Colon
- Spanish: Archipiélago de Colón
- Spanish: Archipiélago de Galápagos
- Spanish: Archipiélago de los Galápagos
- Spanish: Encantadas
- Spanish: Galapagos
- Spanish: Galápagos
- Spanish: I. Encantadas
- Spanish: I. de Galápagos
- Spanish: Ias. de Galápagos
- Spanish: Islas Encantadas
- Spanish: Islas Galapagos
- Spanish: Islas Galápagos
- Spanish: Islas de Galpagos
- Spanish: Islas de los Galápagos
- Spanish: Islas galápagos
- Spanish: Region Insular de Ecuador
- Spanish: Region Insular del Ecuador
- Spanish: Región Insular de Ecuador
- Spanish: Región Insular del Ecuador
- Spanish: Y. de Galapagos
- Spanish: Y. de Galápagos
- Spanish: Yas. de Galapagos
- Spanish: Yslas de Galapagos
- Spanish: Yslas de Galápagos
- Spanish: las Encantadas
- Swahili: Galapagos
- Swedish: Galapagos
- Swedish: Galapagosarkipelagen
- Swedish: Galapagosöarna
- Swedish: Galápagosöarna
- Tagalog: Galapagos Islands
- Tagalog: Kapuluan ng Galapagos
- Tagalog: Mga Pulo ng Galápagos
- Tajik: Галапагос
- Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Галапагос
- Tamil: கலபகோஸ் ஐலன்ட்ஸ்
- Tamil: கலாபகசுத் தீவுகள்
- Tamil: கலாபகோஸ் தீவுகள்
- Tamil: காலபாகசுத் தீவுகள்
- Tatar: Галапагос утраулары
- Telugu: గాలాపాగోస్ దీవులు
- Thai: Galápagos
- Thai: กาลาปากอส
- Thai: กาลาปาโกส
- Thai: หมู่เกาะกะลาปากอส
- Thai: หมู่เกาะกาลาปากอส
- Thai: หมู่เกาะกาลาปาโกส
- Turkish: Galapagos Adaları
- Turkish: Galápagos Adaları
- Turkmen: Galapagos adalary
- Uighur: گالپاگوس تاقىم ئارىلى
- Ukrainian: Галапагоський архіпелаг
- Ukrainian: Галапагоські острови
- Ukrainian: Ґалапаґоські острови
- Urdu: جزائر گالاپاگوز
- Uzbek: Galapagos Orollari
- Uzbek: Galapagos orollari
- Vietnamese: Galápagos
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Galapagos
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Galápagos
- Vietnamese: Đảo Galápagos
- Waray (Philippines): Galapagos
- Waray (Philippines): Galapagos Islands
- Waray (Philippines): Galápagos Islands
- Waray (Philippines): Kapuropod-an Galapagos
- Waray (Philippines): Kapuropod-an Galápagos
- Waray (Philippines): Kapuropud-an Galápagos
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Galapagos
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Galápagos
- Welsh: Ynysoedd y Galapagos
- Western Frisian: Galapagoseilannen
- Western Mari: Галапагос ошмаотывлӓ
- Western Panjabi: جزائر گالاپاگوس
- Western Panjabi: گالاپیگوس جزیرے
- Wu Chinese: 科隆群岛
- Yiddish: גאלאפאגאס אינזלען
- Yue Chinese: 加拉帕戈斯群島
- Dem Galapagas Ailen
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