Galápagos Islands
Also known as Archipel de Colon, Archipel de Colón, Archipel des Galapagos, Archipel des Galápagos, Archipelago of Colon, Archipelago of Columbus, Archipelago of Ecuador, Archipelago of the Equator, Archipiélago de Colon, Archipiélago de Colón, Bewitched Islands, Colon Archipelago, Colon Islands, Colons, Columbus Archipelago, Columbus Islands, Ecuador Archipelago, Enchanted Islands, Enchanted Isles, Enchanteds, Galapagos, Galápagos, Galapagos Archipelago, Galápagos Archipelago, Galapagoses, Galápagoses, Gallapagos, Gallapagos I., Gallapagos Isl., Gallapagos Islands, I. Gallapagos, Îles de Colon, Îles de Colón, Iles Enchantées, Îles Enchantées, Iles Galapagos, Iles Galápagos, Îles Galapagos, Iles-Enchantées, Îles-Enchantées, Inchanted Islands, Inchanteds, Insular Region, Insular Region of Ecuador, Islands of the Equator, Islas de Colon, Islas de Colón, Islas Galápagos, Isles of Gallapagos, Las Encantadas, the Galapagos, the Galapagoses
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador
Inscribed
1978
Area
20,965,100 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Galápagos Islands is about 1070 km west of Manta.
Nearest towns and cities
- Salinas · about 44,000 peopleabout 1060 km east
- Manta · about 183,000 peopleabout 1070 km east
- Jipijapa · about 36,000 peopleabout 1090 km east
- Talara · about 99,000 peopleabout 1100 km south-east
- Portoviejo · about 214,000 peopleabout 1100 km east
- Paita · about 56,000 peopleabout 1140 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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