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Santiago Island (James or San Salvador)
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Land surface: 585 km2
Elevation: 907 m
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Is located west of Santa Cruz, is composed of a number of tuff cones and a central volcano bedecked with vegatation. Many volcanic eruptions were recorded in the last century the vegetation is dense in the highlands, and a scalesia forest covers the northwest side of thecentral volcano. The southern coast and a five-kilometres band inland, are only lava flows with arid vegetation.
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| Visitor Sites: Buccaneer Cove – James Bay (Puerto Egas) – Espumilla Beach – Sullivan Bay |
Fauna
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Flora
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- Sea Lions
- FurSea Lions
- Sponges
- Nudibranchs
- Barnacles
- Hermit crabs
- Four eyed blenny (Fish)
- Lava Herons
- Oyster catchers
- Whimbrels
- Semipalmated plovers
- Sally Lightfoot crabs
- Galapagos doves
- Galapagos hawks
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- Castela galapageia (shrud)
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