Pinta (Galápagos)

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Pinta (Abingdon)
Satellite image of Pinta (north is left)
Satellite image of Pinta
(north is left)
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Galapagos Islands
Geographical location 0 ° 35 '32 "  N , 90 ° 45' 14"  W Coordinates: 0 ° 35 '32 "  N , 90 ° 45' 14"  W.
Pinta (Galápagos) (Galápagos Islands)
Pinta (Galápagos)
surface 59 km²
Highest elevation 777  m
Residents uninhabited

Pinta , English Abingdon Island , is one of the Galápagos Islands . It was named after the Pinta , one of Columbus ' ships , and has an area of ​​about 59 km². The highest point on the island is about 777 meters above sea level.

Lonesome George , one of the most famous tortoises in the Galapagos Islands, lived on the island until he was relocated to the Charles Darwin Station on Santa Cruz . Lonesome George, probably the last turtle of the subspecies Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni , died there in 2012 at the age of about 100 years.

Pinta is the northernmost of the active volcanic islands of the Galapagos, it is a shield volcano . Among other things, fork-tailed gulls , marine iguanas and Galápagos fur seals live on it .

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