Daphne Island

Daphne Island
Daphne Island

Daphne Major is a volcanic island just north of Santa Cruz Island and just west of the Baltra Airport in the archipelago Colon, commonly known as the Galápagos Islands. It consists of a tuff crater, devoid of trees, whose rim rises 120 metres above the sea.

Though easily accessible to most visitors to the Galápagos, the national park service has highly restricted visits to this island, and it is primarily used for scientific research. An intensive study of Darwin's finches was conducted here by biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant over a period of 20 years. They examined the behaviour and life cycles of finches, with the results strongly supporting Darwin's theory of evolution. Their efforts were documented in the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Beak of the Finch.

Daphne is home to a variety of other birds including Galápagos Martins, Blue-footed Booby, Nazca Booby, Short-eared Owls, Red-billed Tropicbirds and Magnificent Frigatebirds.

References

External links

Coordinates: 0°25′21″S 90°22′19″W / 0.422508°S 90.372012°W / -0.422508; -90.372012


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Daphne Major — is a volcanic island just north of Santa Cruz Island and just west of the Baltra Airport in the archipelago Colon, commonly known as the Galápagos Islands. It consists of a tuff crater, devoid of trees, whose rim rises 120 metres above the sea.… …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne (disambiguation) — Daphne Pronunciation /ˈdæfniː/ daf nee Gender Female Daphne is a female first name. Daphne, Dafni or Dafne may refer to …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne Mayor — Ansicht von Daphne Mayor Gewässer Pazifischer Ozean Inselgruppe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Daphne Blake — Daphne Anne Blake Scooby Doo character Portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar (theatrical live action Films) Kate Melton (Direct to dvd live action Films) Voiced by …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne Moon — Daphne Crane Frasier character First appearance The Good Son Last appearance Goodnight, Seattle Portrayed by Jane Leeves …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne Odjig — Daphne Odjig, CM, LL.D. (b. September 11, 1919),[1] is an influential Canadian First Nations artist of Odawa Potawatomi English heritage. Her many awards include the Order of Canada and the Governor General s Award. Her painting is often… …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne's Greek Cafe — Type Private Genre Restaurants Founded 1991 Founder(s) George Katakalidis Headquarters San Diego, California, USA …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne (brig) — Daphne was a brig that was wrecked without loss of life on 26 October 1818 in the Kent Group in Bass Strait. The brig departed Sydney bound for India on 10 October 1818 under the command of John Howard. As the ship passed through Bass Strait he… …   Wikipedia

  • Daphne Fitzpatrick — (born 1964) is an artist based in New Haven, Connecticut. Fitzpatrick was born in Long Island. Her work encompasses sculpture, video, photography and a variety of found objects and images.[1] She references the idea of a modern flaneur in her… …   Wikipedia

  • Daphné Blake — Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans Scooby Doo où es tu ? Origine Ecosse Genre Féminin …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”