Isabela Island

Ecuador / Galapagos / Puerto Ayora /
Isabela Island is the largest island of the Galápagos with an area of 4,640 km². This island was named in honor of Queen Isabella of Spain who sponsored the voyage of Columbus. Its highest point is Wolf Volcano with an altitude of 1,707 metres. The Equator passes directly through the island.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabela_Island_(Galápagos)
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Coordinates:   -0°26'28"N   91°11'5"W

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  • Isabela Island posses the largest body of land in all the archipelago and houses 6 major volcanoes with lava flows emanating from them. The names of the 6 volcanoes are Alcedo, Cerro Azul, Darwin, Ecuador, Sierra Negra and Wolf. Living around the volcanoes of which 5 are highly active lives an isolated unique giant tortoise subspecies. The main area of the population inhabiting the island are located in Puerto Villamil, Southern coastline and houses around 3,000 resident. The area is surrounded by many lagoons, flamingoes and common stilts. Southwest of Villamil by dinghy you can also view the penguins along rocky shores. You can view further clusters of penguins also in Elizabeth Bay. The major site on the island is the crater spanning 3 miles in radius and the largest one in the world but to view the giant tortoise inhabiting the volcanoes circumference it will take a day to climb unless you go via horseback or pick up truck. Alcedo Volcano again with its own giant tortoises can also be hiked and is accessed via a landing sight east of Isabela. Urbina Bay located at the footings of the Volcano was also subjected to major plate uplifts in 1954 forcing the coastline to bloat out a further 1 km and occurred so rapidly that thousands of fish and lobsters were left marooned on what is now the shore. Finally, Tagus cove on the west coastline is also worth visiting and was an anchorage area for many shipping vessels dating back to the 1800s and today still shows visible signs of its history in a series of ships names still visibly painted on the cliffs. To the Northern end of Tagus Cove is an area teeming in mangroves suitable for swimming with an adjacent beautifully sheltered beach.
  • chinnko
  • Come with to islam good ;)
  • No, let the island be Islam free, please.