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Spanish:
Islas Galápagos
Officially:
Archipiélago de Colón (“Columbus Archipelago”)
On the Web:
ABC listen - The Science Show - The plastic problem on the Galapagos Islands (July 07, 2025)
See all related content Galapagos Islands, island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively a province of Ecuador. The Galapagos consist of 13 major islands (ranging in area from 5.4 to 1,771 square miles [14 to 4,588 square km]), 6 smaller islands, and scores of islets and rocks lying athwart the Equator 600 miles (1,000 km) west of the mainland of Ecuador. Their total land area of 3,093 square miles (8,010 square km) is scattered over 23,000 square miles (59,500 square km) of ocean. The government of Ecuador designated part of the Galapagos a wildlife sanctuary in 1935, and in 1959 the sanctuary became ...(100 of 757 words) (责任编辑：) |