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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Galápagos Islands' has mentioned 'Archipelago' in the following places:
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| Archipelago and protected area of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean | WIKI |
| The Galxc3xa1pagos Islands (official name: Archipixc3xa9lago de Colxc3xb3n, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galxc3xa1pagos, Spanish pronunciation:xc2xa0[las xcbx88islas xc9xa3axcbx88lapaxc9xa3os], local pronunciation:xc2xa0[laz xcbx88ihlah xc9xa3axcbx88lapaxc9xa3oh]), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere. | WIKI |
| Besides the Galxc3xa1pagos Archipelago, other key tectonic features in the region include the Northern Galxc3xa1pagos Volcanic Province between the archipelago and the Galxc3xa1pagos Spreading Center (GSC) 200xc2xa0km to the north at the boundary of the Nazca Plate and the Cocos Plate. | WIKI |
| The Galxc3xa1pagos Archipelago is characterized by numerous contemporaneous volcanoes, some with plume magma sources, others from the asthenosphere, possibly due to the young and thin oceanic crust. | WIKI |
| Additional characteristics of the Galxc3xa1pagos Archipelago are closer volcano spacing, smaller volcano sizes, and larger calderas. | WIKI |
| Overall, the 9 active volcanoes in the archipelago have erupted 24 times between 1961 and 2011. | WIKI |
| The volcanoes at the west end of the archipelago are in general, taller, younger, have well developed calderas, and are mostly composed of tholeiitic basalt, while those on the east are shorter, older, lack calderas, and have a more diverse composition. | WIKI |
| Espaxc3xb1ola Island, the southernmost islet of the archipelago, and Darwin Island, the northernmost one, are spread out over a distance of 220xc2xa0km (137xc2xa0mi). | WIKI |
| [10] The Galxc3xa1pagos Archipelago consists of 7,880xc2xa0km2 (3,040xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) of land spread over 45,000xc2xa0km2 (17,000xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) of ocean. | WIKI |
| The archipelago is located on the Nazca Plate (a tectonic plate), which is moving east/southeast, diving under the South American Plate at a rate of about 2.5 inches (6.4xc2xa0cm) per year. | WIKI |
| In late June 2018, Sierra Negra, one of five volcanoes on Isabela and one of the most active in the Galapagos archipelago, began erupting for the first time since 2005. | WIKI |
| The 18[15] main islands (each having a land area at least 1xc2xa0km2) of the archipelago (with their English names) shown alphabetically: | WIKI |
| it is one of the "younger" islands in the Galxc3xa1pagos archipelago. | WIKI |
| Floreana (Charles or Santa Marxc3xada) Island xe2x80x93 It was named after Juan Josxc3xa9 Flores, the first President of Ecuador, during whose administration the government of Ecuador took possession of the archipelago. | WIKI |
| The third-largest human settlement of the archipelago, Puerto Villamil, is located at the southeastern tip of the island. | WIKI |
| This is the first island in the Galxc3xa1pagos Archipelago Charles Darwin visited during his voyage on the Beagle. | WIKI |
| The largest freshwater lake in the archipelago, Laguna El Junco, is located in the highlands of San Cristxc3xb3bal. | WIKI |
| Santa Cruz hosts the largest human population in the archipelago, the town of Puerto Ayora. | WIKI |
| Santa Fe hosts a forest of Opuntia cactus, which are the largest of the archipelago, and Palo Santo. | WIKI |
| The archipelago is mainly characterized by a mixture of a tropical savanna climate and a semi-arid climate. | WIKI |
| In 1572, Spanish chronicler Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa claimed that Topa Inca Yupanqui, the second Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire had visited the archipelago, but there is little evidence for this, and many experts consider it a far-fetched legend, especially since the Incas were not seafaring people. | WIKI |
| Until the early 19th century, the archipelago was often used as a hideout by mostly English pirates who attacked a Spanish treasure fleet carrying gold and silver from South America to Spain. | WIKI |
| Ecuador annexed the Galxc3xa1pagos Islands on 12 February 1832, naming them the Archipelago of Ecuador. | WIKI |
| This new name added to several names that had been, and are still, used to refer to the archipelago. | WIKI |
| Primarily a geologist at the time, Darwin was impressed by the quantity of volcanic craters they saw, later referring to the archipelago as "that land of craters". | WIKI |
| In 1972 a census in the archipelago recorded a population of 3,488. | WIKI |
| In 1959, the centenary year of Charles Darwin's publication of The Origin of Species, the Ecuadorian government declared 97.5% of the archipelago's land area a national park, excepting areas already colonised. | WIKI |
| In 1990, the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. | WIKI |
| The growth of both the tourism industry and local populations fuelled by high birth rates and illegal immigration threaten the wildlife of the Archipelago. | WIKI |
| As of February 2009, the archipelago was ranked first in Group B, the category for islands. | WIKI |
| This archipelago and its immense marine reserve is known as the unique xe2x80x98living museum and showcase of evolutionxe2x80x99. | UNESCO |
| The islands constitute an almost unique example of how ecological, evolutionary and biogeographic processes influence the flora and fauna on both specific islands as well as the entire archipelago. | UNESCO |
| The Galapagos archipelago is located about 1,000 km from continental Ecuador and is composed of 127 islands, islets and rocks, of which 19 are large and 4are inhabited. | UNESCO |
| The marine reserve includes inland waters of the archipelago (50,100 km2) in addition to all those contained within 40 nautical miles, measured from the outermost coastal islands. | UNESCO |
| Governmental institutions contribute to the funding of conservation and management in the archipelago. | UNESCO |