Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos Islands)
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Name (Hebrew)
סנטה קרוס (אי) (איי גלפגוס)
Name (Latin)
Santa Cruz Island (Galapagos Islands)
Other forms of name
Chaves Island (Galapagos Islands)
Indefatigable Island (Galapagos Islands)
Isla Santa Cruz (Galapagos Islands)
Coordinates
-90.35805556 -90.35805556 -0.64361111 -0.64361111 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Islands Ecuador
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Galapagos Islands
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q713127
Library of congress:
sh 88006855
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Kornicker, L.S. Troglobitic Ostracoda (Myodocopa: Cypridinidae, Thaumatocyprididae) from anchialine pools on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, 1989.
- Web. geog.:n. 6.
- Lippincott:under Galapagos Islands.
- Rand McNally:p. 246a.
Wikipedia description:
Santa Cruz Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Cruz), also known as Indefatigable Island and by other names, is the most populous and second-largest island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Situated in the middle of the group, Santa Cruz is a shield volcano with an area of 986 km2 (381 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 864 m (2,835 ft). The seat of Santa Cruz Canton is Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz. The island's total population is around 18,000 with those living in smaller villages chiefly working in agriculture and cattle raising.
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