Galapagos Islands

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administrativeDivision Galápagos Province
gptkbp:airport San Cristóbal Airport
Seymour Airport
gptkbp:area about 8,010 km²
gptkbp:capital Puerto Baquerizo Moreno
gptkbp:climate tropical and subtropical
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ecuador
gptkbp:currency gptkb:United_States_dollar
gptkbp:discoveredBy Fray Tomás de Berlanga
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1535
gptkbp:distanceFromMainland about 906 km
gptkbp:famousFor endemic species
unique biodiversity
inspiration for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution
gptkbp:governedBy Galápagos Province
gptkbp:hasBiosphereReserve 1984
gptkbp:highestPoint gptkb:Volcán_Wolf
1,707 m
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Galapagos Islands
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Santa_Cruz_Island
Isabela Island
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:marineProtectedAreaSince 1998
gptkbp:notableSpecies gptkb:Galápagos_penguin
Darwin's finches
Galápagos tortoise
flightless cormorant
marine iguana
gptkbp:numberOfIslands 18 main islands
107 rocks and islets
3 smaller islands
gptkbp:population ~25,000 (2020)
gptkbp:protectedArea Galápagos Marine Reserve
Galápagos National Park
gptkbp:provinceEstablished 1973
gptkbp:region gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:thirdLargestIsland gptkb:San_Cristóbal_Island
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Galapagos_Time_(GALT)
gptkbp:UNESCOBiosphereReserve yes
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1978
yes
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:visitedYearByDarwin 1835
gptkbp:volcanicOrigin yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:bird
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4