Galápagos Islands

Galapagos Islands (official name: Archipelago of Columbus, the other names in Spanish Islas de Colon or Islas Galapagos) is a volcano in the archipelago of islands around the equator in the Pacific distributed, 972 kilometers (525 NMI) west of mainland Ecuador is included. Wildlife is a marked feature.

Galapagos Islands and the waters around the province in Ecuador, a national park and marine biological reserve. Main language is Spanish island. Islands is home to approximately 23000th

The islands are geologically young, famous for its numerous endemic species, which were by Charles Darwin during the voyage Beagle investigated. His observations and collections contributed to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.


The first crude navigation chart the islands were pirates Ambrose Cowley in 1684. different islands, some of his fellow pirates or after the English nobility helped the cause of the attacker. Recently, the government of Ecuador, most of the islands Spanish names. While the Spanish names officially, many people (scientists, including organic) is still the old English names, especially if they have the name of Charles Darwin used to visit .