Isabela Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Isla Isabela, Isabela, I. Isabela, Isabela I., Isabela Is., Isabella, Isabella I., Isabella Is.
The largest of the Galápagos Islands
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Archipelago
- Galápagos Islands
- Area
- 4,586 km (1,771 sq mi)
- Length
- 100 km (60 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1,707 m (5600 ft)
- Highest point
- Volcán Wolf
- Province
- Galápagos Province
- Population
- 1,748
- Pop density
- 0.47/km (1.22/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Ecuadorians
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Galapagos Islands
- Named after
- Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
- Country
- Ecuador
- Located in
- Galápagos Province
- Population
- 3000
- Area
- 4711
- Elevation
- 26
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Highest point
- Volcán Wolf
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Elizabeth Bay -Isabela Island -birds.jpg
- Width
- 83
- Length
- 137
Show 3 more facts
- located in/on physical feature
- Galapagos Islands
- Commons category
- Isla Isabela (Galapagos)
- Commons gallery
- Isla Isabela
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Encyclopedic overview
Isabela Island (Spanish: Isla Isabela) is the largest of the Galápagos Islands, with an area of 4,586 km (1,771 sq mi) and a length of 100 km (62 mi). By itself, it is larger than all the other islands in the chain combined, and it has a little under 2,000 permanent inhabitants. The island straddles the equator.
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Isabela Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.