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Pinta Island (Spanish: Isla Pinta), also known as Abingdon Island, after the Earl of Abingdon, is an island located in the Galápagos Islands group, Ecuador. It has an area of 60 km2 (23 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 777 metres (2,549 ft).[1]
  Pinta Island Map of the Galápagos Islands, with Pinta Island in the northwest. | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Galápagos Islands, Ecuador |
| Coordinates | 0.587252°N 90.762184°W |
| Archipelago | Galápagos Islands |
| Administration | |
Ecuador | |
| Province | Galápagos Province |
| Canton | Santa Cruz |
Pinta was the original home to Lonesome George, perhaps the most famous tortoise in the Galápagos Islands. He was the last known representative of the subspecies Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii.
Pinta Island is also home to swallow-tailed gulls, marine iguanas, Galapagos hawks, Galapagos fur seals and a number of other birds and mammals.[citation needed] The most northern major island in the Galápagos, at one time Isla Pinta had a thriving tortoise population. The island's vegetation was devastated over several decades by introduced feral goats, thus diminishing food supplies for the native tortoises. A prolonged effort to exterminate goats introduced to Pinta was completed in 1990, and the vegetation of the island is starting to return to its former state.
The elongated island of Pinta is the northernmost of the active Galápagos volcanoes. Pinta is a shield volcano with an extensive underwater footprint originating from NNW-trending fissures.[2]
On January 28, 2008, Galápagos National Park official Victor Carrion announced the killing of 53 sea lions (13 pups, 25 youngsters, 9 males and 6 females) at Pinta, Galápagos Islands nature reserve with their heads caved in. In 2001 poachers killed 35 male sea lions. These acts were done for the initiative of the Project Isabela of removing the archipielago's introduced species.[3]
See also
References
- Rocchio, Laura; Allen, J.; Simmon, R.; Taylor, M. (July 21, 2012). "Pinta Island". Earth Observatory: Images. EOS Project Science Office, NASA Godard Space Flight Center. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- Schlitzer, W.; Harpp, K.S.; Mittelstaedt, E.L.; Kurz, M.D.; Geist, D. (2011). The Effect of Lithospheric Discontinuities on the Composition of Lavas From the Northern Galápagos Platform Extension. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011. Bibcode:2011agufmdi13a2141s.
- "Sea lions massacred in Galápagos". BBC News. January 29, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- "Pinta". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.
На других языках
[de] Pinta (Galápagos)
Pinta, englisch Abingdon Island, ist eine der Galápagos-Inseln. Sie wurde nach der Pinta, einem der Schiffe von Kolumbus, benannt und hat eine Fläche von etwa 59 km². Der höchste Punkt der Insel ist etwa 777 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel gelegen.- [en] Pinta Island
[es] Isla Pinta
La isla Pinta (también conocida como la isla Abingdon, en honor al Conde de Abingdon) es una isla ecuatoriana que forma parte del archipiélago conocido como islas Galápagos, ubicado en el océano Pacífico; es la novena más grande, por su superficie, del grupo de islas.[fr] Île Pinta
L'île Pinta, en espagnol Isla Pinta, aussi appelée île Abingdon, est une île inhabitée d'Équateur située dans l'archipel des Galápagos.[ru] Пинта (остров)
Пи́нта (Абингдо́н)[1] (исп. Isla Pinta, Abingdon) — необитаемый остров в составе островов Галапагос. Принадлежит Эквадору. Назван в честь «Пинты», одного из кораблей Христофора Колумба. Общая площадь острова составляет 59,40 км². Самая высокая точка — 777 м над уровнем моря.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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