Daphne Major
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Daphne Islands | |
| Geographical location | 0 ° 25 ′ 22 ″ S , 90 ° 22 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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| length | 790 m | |
| width | 580 m | |
| surface | 33 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 120 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Daphne Major is a small volcanic island in the group of Daphne Islands , which belong to the Galápagos Archipelago . It is located north of the main island of Santa Cruz and west of the island of Baltra , on which the international airport of the archipelago is located. The treeless island essentially consists of a tuff ring up to 120 m high . Access to the island is severely restricted by the national park administration and is mainly used for scientific purposes.
Peter and Rosemary Grant studied the so-called Darwin's finches here for a period of 20 years . They studied the behavior and life cycle of these finches. Their results support Charles Darwin's theory of evolution .
On Daphne Major survived a variety of birds, including blue-footed boobies , masked boobies , Galapagos horned owl , Red-billed tropic bird , Magnificent Frigatebird and crowned night herons .
Not far from Daphne Major is the even smaller island of Daphne Chica ; together they form the Daphne Islands .
literature
- Heidi M. Snell, Paul A. Stone, Howard L. Snell: A Summary of Geographical Characteristics of the Galapagos Islands . In: Journal of Biogeography . Volume 23, Number 5, 1996, pp. 619-624 ( doi: 10.1111 / j.1365-2699.1996.tb00022.x ).
Web links
- Daphne Iceland Information (English)