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 ...
Welcome to the Galapagos Islands. They are located about 600 miles off the west coast of South America in the Pacific Ocean, and are part of the country of Ecuador. In 1959 the Ecuadorian people established the Galapagos as a National Park. Today, the chain of islands, called an archipelago, is listed as a Natural World Heritage Site.