Santiago Island (Galápagos)
Geography | |
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Location | Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
Coordinates | 0°15′09″S 90°43′05″W / 0.252364°S 90.717952°W |
Archipelago | Galápagos Islands |
Highest elevation | 906 m (2972 ft) |
Highest point | Cerro Pelado |
Administration | |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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Santiago Island is one of the Galápagos Islands. The island, which consists of two overlapping volcanoes, has an area of 585 square kilometers (226 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 907 meters (2,976 ft), atop the northwestern shield volcano. The volcano in the island's southeast erupted along a linear fissure and is much lower. The oldest lava flows on the island date back to 750,000 years ago.
Names
The original
In English, the island has also been known as Duke of York's Island,
Geology
Santiago Island is one of the islands in the
Wildlife
Like the other islands of the Galápagos archipelago, Santiago Island is rife with wildlife, particularly species
Restoration
The Directorate of Galápagos National Park and
Gallery
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Tuff cone on the east side of the island
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Cracked hardened lava flow on the island
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Panorama of the east side (Note the older sand & vegetation in the background and newer hardened lava in the foreground)
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Land Iguana basking in the sun
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Galápagos Sea Lion napping between hardened lava formations
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus Grapsus) on Santiago
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Kitchin, Thomas (1797), "South America", Kitchin's General Atlas..., London: Laurie & Whittle.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d McEwen (1988), p. 237.
- ^ McEwen (1988), p. 235.
- ^ "Santiago". Galapagos Conservancy. galapagos.org. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Santiago Volcano". Volcano Discovery. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Santiago". Galapagos Geology on the Web. Cornell University. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- . Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Santiago". Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Types of Volcanos: Splatter and Tuff Cones". Freie Universität Berlin Department of Earth Science. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Isla Santiago, Galapagos Islands". NASA Earth Observatory. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Santiago Island, Galapagos". Galapagos Insiders. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "The Voyage of the Beagle". The University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ Hamann, Ole (May 1993). "The Vegetation of Isla Santiago-Past and Present" (PDF). Noticias de Galapagos. 52: 6–11. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Threatened Galápagos Land Iguanas Return to Santiago Island En-Masse After 180-Year Absence". Island Conservation. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Galápagos island gets its first iguanas since Darwin after mass-release". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Iguanas reintroduced to Galapagos island after 200 years". CNN.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Iguanas Are Being Reintroduced to a Galapagos Island Two Centuries After They Disappeared". TIME. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Iguanas reintroduced to Galapagos island after almost 200 years". The Independent. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Iguanas Reintroduced to the Largest Galapagos Island After Nearly 200 Year Absence". Earther. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "Santiago Island Lava fields and wildlife at Puerto Egas". Retrieved 30 January 2021.
Bibliography
- 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
Media related to Santiago (Galápagos) at Wikimedia Commons