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They are a group of volcanic islands either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean. A province of Ecuador
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What is the name of the archipelago located at the equator west of Ecuador?
Galapagos Islands
What is located at 0 degrees latitude and 90 degrees west longitude?
The Pacific Ocean.
0 degrees and 90 degrees west?
That's a point in the Pacific Ocean among the Galapagos Islands, about 800 miles west of Quito, Ecuador.
What role do volcanoes play in the formation of the galapagos islands?
The volcanic set up of the Islands can be explained by looking at the theories of Plate Tectonics and the Hot Spot. The platform where the Galapagos Islands started their volcanic growth lies right on top of the Nazca Plate. In Galapagos, the Islands to the East are older than those to the West, this implies that the Galapagos Hot Spot is right under the western Islands of Isabela and Fernandina.
What penguin lives most north?
The Galapagos Penguin lives the most farthest North, The Galapagos Islands.
What ocean are the galapagos island?
The Galapagos Islands are in the Pacific Ocean.
Where are the Galapagos islands located?
The Galapagos Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles west of Ecuador's mainland, the country to which they belong. The archipelago consists of 18 main islands and several smaller ones.
Is galapagos a island or ocean?
They are a chain of Islands
What city or nation in South America controls the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean?
The Galapagos Islands are a province of Ecuador.
What islands are in the pacific ocean to the west of south America?
The Galapagos Islands.
The islands in the Pacific Ocean to the west of South America are the?
Galapagos Islands
Which country is galapagos in?
The Galapagos Islands are owned by Ecuador!
Where are the galapagos islands situated?
The Galapagos Islands are in the Pacific Ocean 600 miles west of the coast of Ecuador in South America.
What are the islands to the west of south America in the pacific ocean called?
The Galapagos Islands
What borders Galapagos Island on the west?
The Galapagos Islands were merely bordered by the Pacific Ocean in the west.
What is the galapagos made of?
The Galapagos are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean.
What is the approximate population of the Galapagos Islands?
The approximate population of the Galapagos Islands is around 30,000 people.
