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Galapagos Islands: Fernandina Island
Galapagos Islands: Fernandina Island Lava flowing into the sea from Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Fernandina Island

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Isla Fernandina
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Fernandina Island: flightless cormorants
Fernandina Island: flightless cormorantsMated pair of flightless cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi) at their nest on Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Fernandina Island, one of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. Third largest of the islands, with an area of 245 sq miles (635 sq km), it is separated from Isabela Island by the Bolívar Strait. Its relief is dominated by a single volcanic crater (3,720 feet [1,134 metres]), still intensely active. It is without human population.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.