Darwin's Arch
Geography | |
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Location | Southeast of Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
Coordinates | 1°40′19.2″N 91°59′26.6″W / 1.672000°N 91.990722°W |
Archipelago | Galápagos Islands |
Administration | |
Darwin's Arch (
Darwin's Arch, along with the nearby Darwin Island, was named after English
Geography
Part of
Fauna
From its southern tip to the sloping channel, the marine fauna seen are
Tourism
The arch was popular with photographers and cruise-ship tours.[12] The rich wildlife around the arch made it a popular scuba diving location.[13] As with Darwin Island, tourists were not permitted to set foot on the arch.[12] The surrounding area of the Galápagos Islands was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978.[13]
Collapse
On 17 May 2021, at 11:20 a.m.
Following the collapse of the arch, the remaining columns of rock have been nicknamed the "Pillars of Evolution" (Spanish: Los Pilares de la Evolución) by locals in the tourism and diving industry.[6][15] The nickname alludes to the arch and the nearby island having been named after Charles Darwin, whose studies of the surrounding area's wildlife contributed to the inception of his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Darwin". Galapagos Conservancy. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-944428-70-2.
- ^ a b c Strauss, Rebecca (17 May 2021). "Breaking News: Darwin's Arch Collapses". Scuba Diver Life. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Galapagos Islands: Erosion fells Darwin's Arch". BBC News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Iconic Natural Rock Feature in the Galápagos Islands Crumbles Into the Ocean". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ a b c Farzan, Antonia Noori (19 May 2021). "Darwin's Arch, famed Galápagos rock formation, collapses from erosion". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-118-85268-2.
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- ^ "Top of famed Darwin's Arch off the Galapagos collapses". CBC News. Associated Press. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Jackson 2008, p. 221.
- ISSN 1077-985X.
- ^ a b "Darwin's Arch collapses, famed Galapagos Island rock formation". Reuters. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Ecuador: Galapagos icon, Darwin's Arch, collapses". Deutsche Welle. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua de Ecuador [@Ambiente_Ec] (17 May 2021). "Informamos que hoy 17 de mayo, se reportó el colapso del Arco de Darwin, el atractivo puente natural ubicado a menos de un kilómetro de la isla principal Darwin, la más norte del archipiélago de #Galápagos. Este suceso sería consecuencia de la erosión natural" [We inform everyone that today, May 17, the collapse of the Darwin Arch, the attractive natural bridge located less than a kilometre from the main island of Darwin, the northernmost island of the #Galapagos archipelago, was reported. This event was a consequence of natural erosion.] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Famed Darwin's Arch, in Galapagos, Collapses Due to Erosion". Morning Edition. National Public Radio (NPR). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
External links
- Media related to Darwin's Arch at Wikimedia Commons