Profiles for 111 cities, towns and other populated places in Bergen County New Jersey. Incorporated Places have an asterisk (*).
The GalÃ¡pagos Islands (official name: ArchipiÃ©lago de ColÃ³n, other Spanish name: Islas GalÃ¡pagos, Spanish pronunciation: [Ëizlaz É£aËlapaÉ£os]) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador, of which ...
Galapagos Islands Description. Sitting right atop the Equator, approximately 600 miles directly west of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands had no original inhabitants. They were discovered in 1535 by Tomas de Berlanga, the Spanish Bishop of Panama, when his ship drifted by the islands.