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On the Web
- Galapagos Islands Tour Guide - Information about the Galapagos Islands, history, wildlife, travel facts and tours available.
- Galapagos: An IMAX Experience - The official site for the IMAX 3D film Galapagos. Get information about the film, behind the scenes and where to see it.
- Conservation and Preservation of the Galapagos National Park - Shows the challenges, problems and responses of the Galapagos Islands, an ecological treasure that is in a deep crisis.
- Galapagos 2003 Photos - Gallery features photographs of wildlife and natural landscapes.
- Galapagos Islands Natural History - Large collection of information and images covering geologic origin, volcanoes, reptiles, land and water birds, and human history of the Galapagos. Includes a large bibliography.
- Galasam Galapagos Cruises - Galapagos tour operator company based in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Discover the Galapagos Islands on board of one of the six yachts operated in the archipelago.
- Up Close...Way Up Close - Travel article and photo gallery on how to explore the major islands in a one-week visit to the Galapagos.
- International Galapagos Tour Operators Association - Association of Galapagos Tour Operators.
- Unigalapagos - Tour operator and travel agency based in the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Offers Galapagos cruises, diving tours, yachts charters, and land exploring.
- Galapagos-Islands.net - Information about each island that makes up the Achipelago as well as history on how they were discovered and their development.
Wikipedia Articles
- Galapagos Rise - The Galapagos Rise is a divergent boundary located between the South American coast and the triple junction of the Nazca Plate, the Cocos Plate, and the Pacific Plate. The volcanically active Galapagos Islands exist on a hotspot above the Galapagos Rise.
- Galapagos National Park - In 1959, Ecuador designated 97% of the land area of Galapagos as a National Park, and then in 1986. The Galapagos Marine Reserve was created in 1998, by the Special Law for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Galapagos Province.
- Galapagos Rail - The Galapagos Rail, Laterallus spilonotus, is a small rail endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It closely resembles the closely related Black Rail of The Americas.
- Galapagos shark - The Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, is a species of requiem shark that was first named in 1905 after specimens were found in the seas around the Galapagos Islands.
- Galapagos Fur Seal - The Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) is the smallest of all the pinnipeds. It breeds on the Galapagos Islands in the eastern Pacific - making it the only fur seal to breed in tropical waters.