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Genovesa Island (Spanish: Isla Genovesa), referred to in English as Tower Island, is a shield volcano in the Galápagos Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1] The island occupies about 14 square kilometres (5 sq mi), and its maximum elevation is 64 m (210 ft).^{[citation needed]} The horse-shoe shaped island has a volcanic caldera whose wall has collapsed, forming the Great Darwin Bay, surrounded by cliffs.[2] Lake Arcturus, filled with salt water, lies in the centre, and sediment within this crater lake is less than 6,000 years old. Although no historical eruptions are known from Genovesa, there are very young lava flows on the flanks of the volcano.

Genovesa Island

Genovesa Island
Geography
Location	Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Coordinates	0°19′00″N 89°57′00″W
Archipelago	Galápagos Islands
Highest elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Administration
Ecuador
Province	Galápagos Province
Canton	San Cristóbal
Parish	Santa María

The official Spanish name "Genovesa" is from the Italian city of Genoa, in honor of Christopher Columbus. The English name "Tower" is presumably a corruption of "Downes". The island's position was reported by John Downes of the USS Essex in 1813, during the War of 1812, and the name "Dowers's" appeared in 1815, presumably a misspelled reference to Downes. After passing through "Dowers's", "Dowers", and "Tower's", by 1841 it was written as "Tower" in the British Admiralty chart.[3]

Wildlife

This island is known as Bird Island, because of the large and varied bird colonies which nest here. There are an abundance of frigatebirds and it is among the best place in the archipelago to see red-footed boobies, Nazca boobies, swallow-tailed gulls, storm petrels, tropicbirds, Darwin's finches, and Galápagos mockingbirds.

Prince Philip's Steps is an extraordinary steep path that leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25 metres (82 feet) high. At the top, the trail continues inland, passing more seabird colonies in a thin palo santo forest. The trail also provides overviews of a rocky plain. Storm petrels here are different from any others in the world because they are active during the day. To avoid predators, they only return to their nest holes at night.

The smallest marine iguana in the archipelago lives here.

Recreation

In Darwin Bay there is the possibility to either dive along the inner wall or go to the outer wall, which is less protected. Another possibility is to dive from the outside of the volcano through the channel into the caldera.

See also

• List of volcanoes in Ecuador

References

• "Genovesa". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

External links

• Images from Genovesa

На других языках

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[de] Genovesa

Genovesa (englisch auch Tower Island) gehört zu den Galápagos-Inseln und wird aufgrund ihrer ungewöhnlichen Vogelwelt häufig besucht. Auf der 14 km² großen Insel leben viele Rotfußtölpel sowie drei Darwinfinkenarten. Daneben findet man Rotschnabel-Tropikvögel und Sturmschwalben. Die zwei Besucherplätze sind Prince Phillip’s Steps mit einem Wanderweg über die Klippen zu vielen Vogelnestern und Darwin Beach, wo man auch schnorcheln kann.

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- [en] Genovesa Island

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[es] Isla Genovesa

La isla Genovesa (también conocida antes como Tower), es una isla ecuatoriana ubicada en el océano Pacífico que forma parte del archipiélago de las islas Galápagos.

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[fr] Île Genovesa

L'île Genovesa, en espagnol Isla Genovesa, aussi appelée île Tower, est une île inhabitée d'Équateur située dans l'archipel des Galápagos.

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[ru] Хеновеса

Хеновеса (Тауэр)[1] (исп. Isla Genovesa, Tower) — остров в составе островов Галапагос, который благодаря своей необычной птичьей фауне часто посещается туристами.

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