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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: 66. Chapters: Rockall, Midway Atoll, Galapagos Islands, Bass Rock, Hirta, Farallon Islands, Bear Island, Stac an Armin, Laysan, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Machias Seal Island, Campbell Island, New Zealand, Nihoa, Inaccessible Island, St. Lawrence Island, French Frigate Shoals, Gough Island, Nightingale Island, North Rona, Sula Sgeir, Columbretes Islands, Pedro Bank, Hooker Island, Soay, St Kilda, Boreray, St Kilda, Bird Island, South Georgia, Medes Islands, Bonaventure Island, Rocas Alijos, Wolf Island, Stac Lee, Belkovsky Island, Baltra Island, Tyuleniy Archipelago, Charles Darwin Research Station, Genovesa Island, Steeple Jason Island, Port Royal Cays, Espanola Island, Dun, St Kilda, Bartolome Island, Buldir Island, Puffin Island, Shchastya Bay, Saddle Island, South Georgia, Morant Cays, Tyuleny Island, Punuk Islands, Santa Fe Island, Chechen Island, Albatross Island, Lawrence Rocks, Little Skellig, Seabird Colony Register. 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 young and famed for their vast number of endemic species, which were studied by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle. His observations and collections contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The first crude navigation chart of the islands was done by the buccaneer Ambrose Cowley i...
