The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean located 972 km off the coast of Ecuador. It consists of 13 large islands with an area greater than 10 square kilometers, 6 medium 215 islands and other small islets.
The islands were declared a World Heritage Site in 1978 and 2001 by the UNESCO.También has developed ecotourism in order to preserve the species. The region was home to Lonesome George, the last specimen of the Pinta giant tortoise species, extinct on 24 June 2012.2 The islands are also home to species such as sea turtles, iguanas, lizards, cormorants, albatrosses, sea lions and penguins.
As the landmass of Ecuador, the archipelago is crossed by the equator, mostly by northern Isabela Island. Galapagos archipelago is the second most volcanically active planet, second only to Hawaii.
They are, for tourism, called Enchanted Islands, the archipelago designation earned in the sixteenth century by the great biodiversity of flora and fauna, inheriting the name for generations.
Administratively, Galapagos is a province of Ecuador, consisting of three cantons which in turn are islands, which are San Cristobal, Santa Cruz and Isabela.
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