When you are in the middle of the Galapagos archipelago, the islands extend to your north, east , south and west.
What direction would you be traveling from to get to Ecuador to the Galapagos island?"
what direction would you steer your boat to travel from Ecuador to the galapagos islands, west.
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If you are traveling from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands you are going west.
You would steer West if traveling from Ecuador to the Galapagos.
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East
In general West.
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The Galapagos islands are located directly on the Equator, so there is no specific direction from the Equator to the islands. They are situated approximately 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean.
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