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What is the name of the penguin is found in the Galapagos Islands?
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The Galapagos penguin
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What is the name of the archipelago located at the equator west of Ecuador?
Galapagos Islands
By what other name are the Galapagos islands known?
The original name of the Galapagos Islands is Archipelago de Colon.
How did the galapagos tortoise get its name?
Because they live on the Galapagos islands.
What is the Spanish name for the galapagos islands?
The Galapagos Islands are also known as the "Enchanted Islands" or by their original name: Archipielago de Colon.
How did the galapagos islands get their name?
The Galapagos Islands got their name from the Giant Tortoises that live there. These tortoises were baptized by the Spaniards in the 16th century as Galapago.
Are the Galapagos Islands named after the Galapagos tortoise?
Yes, the Galapagos Islands were named after the Galapagos Giant Tortoises that inhabit this Archipelago. Although the correct political name given by Ecuador (country to which these Islands belong) is: Archipielago de Colon.
What was the name of the islands that Charles Darwin gathered most of his evidence?
Galapagos Islands
Name the latin American countries on the equator?
The Galapagos Islands.
What was Name of the island where Darwin observed finches?
The Galapagos Islands
What is the name of the archipelago located at the west of the equator?
Galapagos Islands
Who gave the Galapagos Islands their name?
The name appeared on maps drawn by cartographer Abraham Ortelius around 1570, using the original name "Insulae de los Galopegos" (Islands of the Tortoises) - for the giant tortoises found there when the islands were accidentally discovered in 1535.
What is the name of the large island off southwestern Ecuador?
The Galapagos Islands
