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Floreana Island (Spanish: Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago. The island has an area of 173 km 2 (67 sq mi). It was formed by volcanic eruption. The island's highest point is Cerro Pajas at 640 m (2,100 ft), which is also the highest point of the volcano like most of the smaller islands of Galápagos. The ...
Asilo de la Paz (English: Haven of Peace [1]) is a location on Floreana Island in the Galapagos archipelago. It is the site of Floreana's first human settlement, [1] and is now among the island's most popular tourist attractions. [2] The site has a maximum elevation of 450 meters above sea level. [3] Rock labyrinth at Asilo de la Paz
Isla Onslow - It is one of the many islands near Floreana. Corona Del Diablo - Corona Del Diablo, also known as the Devil's Crown, located off of Floreana Island, not far from the shore, is a ring of uneven rocks that stick out of the water. Its name comes from the fact that it looks almost like an uncomfortable crown, that only the devil could ...
Cerro Pajas (also known as Cerro Paja or Cerro de pajas [1]) is an inactive volcano located in the south of Floreana Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It is the highest peak on Floreana, with a maximum elevation of 640 meters above sea level. [1] [2] [3] [A]
She wrote about her experiences of being an early settler in the book Postlagernd Floreana. Erlebnisbericht deutscher Siedler (1959) (English title: Floreana: A Woman's Pilgrimage to the Galapagos). She returned to Germany in 1960 to present her book. [1] Margret's book attracted more German tourists to Floreana Island. She built several ...
Floreana Island giant tortoise. Conservation status Extinct [38] Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [39] syn. galapagoensis Baur 1889. [32] This is the nominate subspecies. Formerly abundant, but heavily exploited by visiting ships and a penal colony in the 20th century. Floreana Island suffered a devastating fire in 1820, set by a crewman from the whaler ...
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden is a 2013 feature-length documentary directed by Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine. It is about a series of unsolved disappearances on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930s among the largely European expatriate residents at the time.
The medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper) is a critically endangered species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae.It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands where it is only found on Floreana Island.