No they weren't, because they are oceanic islands
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Fernandina Island is part of the Galapagos Islands, which sit on the Nazca Plate in the Pacific Ocean.
Land surrounded by water is an island . You are describing a peninsula.
the finches originally came from south American main land
Land surrounded by water is an island. There are similar land forms such as peninsulas that are not totally surrounded, but connected to the mainland.
It is connected to Canada, but is a state of the United States of America.
The Galapagos Islands covered an area of around 8000 km2, with 95% of this landmass declared as a National Park in 1959 to protect the unique flora and fauna on the islands.
Brooklyn is connected to Queens by land. It is also connected by 3 bridges and 2 tunnels to Manhattan. It is connected by one bridge to Staten Island.
Galapagos turtles, the largest land tortoises on Earth today; Darwin´s finches; the only penguin on the northern hemisphere; marine iguanas unique in their kind; flightless cormorants.
in the galapagos islands, south America