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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Volcanic groups, Banda Islands, Galapagos Islands, Animikie Group, Mount Meager, Kaiserstuhl, Duluth Complex, Milbanke Sound Group, Glen Canyon Group, Maquoketa Group, Mount Kazbek, Hakk da Mountains, Akan Volcanic Complex, Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group, Pinacate Peaks, Vitu Islands, Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group, Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group, Dockum Group, Tibesti Mountains, Ludlow Group, Blake River Megacaldera Complex, Jemez Mountains, Tokachi Volcanic Group, Clinton Group, Jolo Group, San Rafael Group, Yasawa Islands, Neuquen Group, Rat Islands, Pocdol Mountains, Tomuraushi Volcanic Group, Mount Azuma, Mount Raiden Volcanic Group, Nipesotsu-Maruyama Volcanic Group, Niseko Volcanic Group, Camiguin Mindanao, Shikaribetsu Volcanic Group, Tatun Volcano Group, Amorong, Borrowdale Volcanic Group, Dunkard Group, Carran-Los Venados, Karpinsky Group, Nevados de Payachata, Antillanca Group, Judith River Group, Ellesmere Island Volcanics, Fueguino, Cochiquito Volcanic Group, British Tertiary Volcanic Province, Gambier Group, Carmacks Group, Skukum Group, Dacht-i-Navar Group, Monti della Tolfa, Takuan Group, Spences Bridge Group, Takla Group, Olkoviy Volcanic Group, Lomonosov Group, Vernadskii Ridge, Kam Group, Puyuhuapi, Windermere group. Excerpt: The Galapagos Islands (official name: Archipielago de Colon; other Spanish names: Islas de Colon or Islas Galapagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km (525 nmi) west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part. Wildlife is its most notable feature. The Galapagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a biological marine reserve. The principal language on the islands is Spanish. The islands have a population of around 23,000. The islands are geologically yo...