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Las Tintoreras Islet (also called Tintorera or Villamil) [1] is an islet to the south of the bay of Puerto Villamil in the island of Isabela, that forms part of the archipelago and national park of the Galapagos Islands, including administratively in the Province Of Galapagos. It is accessible by a boat trip where iguanas, boobies, penguins and seabirds can be observed.
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| Geography | |
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| Coordinates | 00°58′00″S 90°58′00″W / 0.96667°S 90.96667°W |
| Archipelago | Galápagos Islands |
| Area | 124 km2 (48 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Galápagos Province |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
The name of the islet comes from a channel that is filled during high tide of whitetip reef sharks and tiger sharks, the latter typically referred to as Tintorera.[2][3] It has an area of 12.4 hectares (0.12 square kilometers), is 68.8 kilometers from the center of the archipelago, and has a coastline of 2.64 kilometers.
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edit- ^ "A BIODIVERSITY VISION FOR THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS" (PDF). Darwinfoundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Galapagos Ninfa Tour". www.galapagosninfatour.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Islote Tintoreras: Tiburones, iguanas y lava volcánica". www.ecuador.travel. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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