Genovesa Island
  Genovesa Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
| Coordinates | 0°19′00″N 89°57′00″W / 0.316667°N 89.95°W |
| Archipelago | Galápagos Islands |
| Highest elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Galápagos Province |
| Canton | San Cristóbal |
| Parish | Santa María |
Genovesa Island (
Names
Genovesa is
The
The name Tower Island is believed to be a corruption of
The island is also sometimes known as Bird Island, from its large and varied colonies.[citation needed]
Wildlife
There are an abundance of
Prince Philip's Steps is an extraordinary steep path that leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25 metres (82 feet) high. At the top, the trail continues inland, passing more seabird colonies in a thin palo santo forest. The trail also provides overviews of a rocky plain. Storm petrels here are different from any others in the world because they are active during the day. To avoid predators, they only return to their nest holes at night.
The smallest marine iguana in the archipelago lives here.
Recreation
In Darwin Bay there is the possibility to either dive along the inner wall or go to the outer wall, which is less protected. Another possibility is to dive from the outside of the volcano through the channel into the caldera.
See also
Notes
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The 1815 Fyffe chart... displays the first appearance of the name Dowers's for the island now known as Genovesa/Tower. This chart also identifies the present Isla Santa Cruz as Porters Isle, so it is clear that Fyffe knew of David Porter's earlier visit on the United States Frigate Essex. He therefore may have also known that Lieutenant John Downes of the Essex reported the position of this island to Captain Porter, and if so he may have assigned the Lieutenant's name (but mis-spelled as “Dowers”) to the island.
The Hooker chart in the second edition of David Porter's Journal of a Cruise shows the same island but with no name assigned to it. A note on the chart states that the island is “... situated agreeably to the reports of several Whalemen, and corresponds to the position in which it was seen by Lieut. Downes.”[7]
References
Citations
- ^ "Genovesa". Galapagos Conservancy. galapagos.org. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Hike the Northern Islands – Genovesa Island in Galapagos". santacruzgalapagoscruise.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ De la Fuente, Vicente (1744), Nueva y Correcta Carta del Mar Pacifico ó del Sur... [New and Improved Map of the Pacific or Southern Sea] (in Spanish), Madrid.
- ^ Beebe & al. (1988), p. 328.
- ^ a b McEwen (1988), p. 239.
- ^ Kitchin, Thomas (1797), "South America", Kitchin's General Atlas..., London: Laurie & Whittle.
- ^ Woram, John (2016), "Part III: Island and Other Place Names", Las Encantadas: Human and Cartographic History of the Galápagos Islands.
Bibliography
- "Genovesa". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
- ISBN 978-0-486-25642-9.
- McEwen, Alec (July 1988), "The English Place-Names of the Galápagos", The Geographical Journal, vol. 154, London: Royal Geographical Society, pp. 234–242, JSTOR 633849.
External links
- Images from Genovesa Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine