Galápagos Islands
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![Orthographic projection centred over the Galápagos.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Orthographic_projection_centred_over_the_Galapagos0321.png")
![School of scalloped hammerheads, Wolf Island, Galápagos Islands](/Images/godic/202501/14/School_of_Hammerhead_sharks0321.jpg")
![Grapsus grapsus on the rocks.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Grapsus_grapsus_20110322.jpg")
The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, other Spanish name: Islas Galápagos, Spanish pronunciation: [ˈislas gaˈlapaɣos]) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, 906 km (563 mi) west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.