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Size: 1.1 square kilometers (0.4 sq mi) and a maximum elevation of 168 meters (551 ft).Interesting fact: This Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, who was a Lieutenant on HMS Beagle and a good friend of Charles Darwin.Learn more in our Baltra Island Visitor Guide. Baltra Island was home to a US military base until the end of World War 2.

Interesting fact: Home to Baltra Airport, one of the two primary airports in the Galapagos.Located north of Santa Cruz Island and was created by geological uplift.Here are the 18 main islands of the Galapagos (based on size, all are larger than one square kilometer): 1. To enlarge the map, just open the image in a new tab. You can find them in the map at the end of the post.

Missing from the map above are Wolf and Darwin Islands. Here are the four small (minor) islands from the Galapagos. Generally speaking, you’ll find the Spanish names used while visiting the Galapagos Islands. The name in brackets is their less common Spanish name. The second name is less commonly used, and they are mostly in English. The first name is the common name, predominantly Spanish. They all have a surface area of at least 0.39 square miles (1 square kilometer). These are the names of the largest islands in the Galapagos. This is one of 11 national parks in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian government gave the Galapagos its officical name in 1892, 400 years after Columbus famous voyage.Īlong with the surrounding waters, the Galapagos Islands also form:

Archipiélago de Colón (its official name).

In Spanish, they are known as Islas Galápagos.

The Galapagos (its common name today).

The word insula is Latin for “island” (plural insulae). This name was used in Abraham Ortelius’s 1570 atlas.

Insulae de los Galopegos (Islands of the Tortoises).

From a novella by Herman Melville, American author.

The Enchanted Isles ( Encantadas in Spanish).

Here are some of the names and expressions used to describe the Galapagos Islands over the years. And the archipelago itself also has had numerous names over the years.

Why Do Some Galapagos Islands Have English Names?Įach island is named, many with more than one.

How Many Galapagos Islands are Populated?.