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San Cristobal Island (Chatham)
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Land surface: 558 km2
Elevation: 730 m
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San Cristobal island is the administrative centre of the Galapagos Islands, with Puerto Baquerizo Moreno as capital. The geography of the island is composed of two distinct parts. The west part has a central volcano culminating at about 700 mt. (San Juaquin), with a few parasitic cones. The eastern part of the island,made of spatter cones and lava flows, does not rise above 160 mt.
The visitors sites are: Cerro de las tijeras (Frigatebird hill), El Junco (Freshwater lake), Kicker rock (Leon Dormido) and Stephens bay, the Loberia and lobos island.
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| Nesting Site: Blue footed boobies, Masked boobies, Red footed boobies, Frigate birds, Swallow-tailed gulls, Storm petrels |
Fauna
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Flora
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- Blue footed boobies
- Masked boobies
- Red footed boobies
- Frigate birds
- Swallow-tailed gulls
- Storm petrels
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- Salt bushes
- Spiny bushes (scutia pauciflora)
- Palo santo
- Muyuyos (Cordea lutea)
- Big yellow-green shrubs (Nolana galapageia)
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