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From Ecuador to Galapagos Islands what direction would you be going?
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what direction would you steer your boat to travel from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands, west.
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Which direction would you travel from Ecuador to Galapagos Islands?
If you are traveling from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands you are going west.
Which way would you go when you are going to travel from the Ecuador to the Galapagos Island?
You travel West from the mainland of Ecuador, approximately 1200 kms.
What derection would you steer your boat if you were going from equator to galapagos islands?
west
What eat marine?
The marine iguana, found only in the Galapagos Islands. It is also the only sea going lizard.
Crossed the border of the US flyed to the Victoria Islands of Canada what direction are you going?
Northeast
Darwin began to formulate his concept of evolution by natural selection after what?
observation of many species and their geographical locations.
What kind of biome does Ecuador have?
Ecuador is a tropical rainfall because it has the equator going through it.
What are facts about the galapagos islands?
The Galapagos Islands are located on the Equator, about 907 km (600 miles) west of the mainland Ecuadorian coast. There are four islands with inhabitants on them (not tourists), and these are Santa Cruz, Isabela, San Cristobal and Floreana. GEOGRAPHY / GEOLOGY The Galapagos Archipelago comprises 13 large islands, 6 small islands, 42 islets and a number of small rocks and pinnacles, which make up a total land surface of 8,000km2. More than 60 volcanic eruptions have been documented over the last two hundred years in the Galapagos region. The most active volcanoes are the ones located in the western Islands on Isabela and Fernandina. The latest eruptions in the islands were in June 3rd 2008 when Cerro Azul on Isabela Island sent up a 60mts high lava fountain and as recently as April 2009 on Fernandina Island. There has been around 13 volcanic eruptions in the Galapagos Islands in the last 100 years. The Galapagos Archipelago is a chain of islands. This is not the result of movement of the hot spot, rather, the hot spot remains stationary and the Nazca plate drifts over it to the southeast (at a rate of about 3 inches, or about 6.5cm, per year), taking the older islands with it. The oldest island in Galapagos is in the east (Espanola), while the youngest islands are those in the west (i.e., Isabela and Fernandina). Most of the islands are the tips of enormous volcanoes formed by slabs of the Earth's crust moving south east over a "hot spot"or stationary area where concentrated heat and magma are released. HUMAN HISTORY The Galapagos were discovered in 1535 by Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panama. This was the time of Spanish exploration and discovery, and followed Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe by a just a dozen years and Balboa's discovery of the Pacific by two dozen. de Berlanga, however, was no explorer. He had been sailing to Peru, recently conquered by Pizzaro, when his ship became becalmed and was carried west by currents; his discovery was entirely accidental. During the nineteenth century, whaling ships were a common sight in Galapagos waters. Sperm whales once swam in large pods around the islands. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in September 1835, first landing on San Cristobal. He spent a total of 5 weeks in Galapagos.. His observations about life on the islands eventually led to his famed theory of evolution. His On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in 1859. WILDLIFE There are thirteen species of Darwin's finches endemic to the islands. As noted by the great naturalist, these birds are famous for their beaks. Marine iguanas are only found in the Galapagos region. These are the only marine-going retiles found anywhere in the world. The Galapagos penguin is the only tropical penguin in the world. The endemic Flightless Cormorant is the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species, and the only one to have lost its power of flight. Most experts consider the Waved Albatross to be endemic to the Galapagos Islands. They are only found at Punta Suarez on Espanola Island between April and December.
What are facts about Galapagos island?
The Galapagos Islands are located on the Equator, about 907 km (600 miles) west of the mainland Ecuadorian coast. There are four islands with inhabitants on them (not tourists), and these are Santa Cruz, Isabela, San Cristobal and Floreana. GEOGRAPHY / GEOLOGY The Galapagos Archipelago comprises 13 large islands, 6 small islands, 42 islets and a number of small rocks and pinnacles, which make up a total land surface of 8,000km2. More than 60 volcanic eruptions have been documented over the last two hundred years in the Galapagos region. The most active volcanoes are the ones located in the western Islands on Isabela and Fernandina. The latest eruptions in the islands were in June 3rd 2008 when Cerro Azul on Isabela Island sent up a 60mts high lava fountain and as recently as April 2009 on Fernandina Island. There has been around 13 volcanic eruptions in the Galapagos Islands in the last 100 years. The Galapagos Archipelago is a chain of islands. This is not the result of movement of the hot spot, rather, the hot spot remains stationary and the Nazca plate drifts over it to the southeast (at a rate of about 3 inches, or about 6.5cm, per year), taking the older islands with it. The oldest island in Galapagos is in the east (Espanola), while the youngest islands are those in the west (i.e., Isabela and Fernandina). Most of the islands are the tips of enormous volcanoes formed by slabs of the Earth's crust moving south east over a "hot spot"or stationary area where concentrated heat and magma are released. HUMAN HISTORY The Galapagos were discovered in 1535 by Fray Tomás de Berlanga, the Bishop of Panama. This was the time of Spanish exploration and discovery, and followed Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe by a just a dozen years and Balboa's discovery of the Pacific by two dozen. de Berlanga, however, was no explorer. He had been sailing to Peru, recently conquered by Pizzaro, when his ship became becalmed and was carried west by currents; his discovery was entirely accidental. During the nineteenth century, whaling ships were a common sight in Galapagos waters. Sperm whales once swam in large pods around the islands. Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands in September 1835, first landing on San Cristobal. He spent a total of 5 weeks in Galapagos.. His observations about life on the islands eventually led to his famed theory of evolution. His On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection was published in 1859. WILDLIFE There are thirteen species of Darwin's finches endemic to the islands. As noted by the great naturalist, these birds are famous for their beaks. Marine iguanas are only found in the Galapagos region. These are the only marine-going retiles found anywhere in the world. The Galapagos penguin is the only tropical penguin in the world. The endemic Flightless Cormorant is the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species, and the only one to have lost its power of flight. Most experts consider the Waved Albatross to be endemic to the Galapagos Islands. They are only found at Punta Suarez on Espanola Island between April and December.
How do you spell ecuater?
Equator. or Ecuador, depending on what word you were going for.
How old can a galapagos penguin get?
No such thing as a galapagos penguin. Penguins don't live where there are volcanoes.yas there is something called a galapagos penugin im doing it for my project u wasted my time .write something PROPER if ur going to do it
Which hawaiian island does not seem to fit the pattern of the others?
If you look at the Hawaiian island map, you can see that Hawaii doesn't fit the pattern. The rest of the islands are going in the Northwestern direction.
