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San Cristóbal Island
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San Cristóbal Island

One of the Galapagos Islands, eastern Pacific Ocean, Ecuador. It is the most populated and fertile island of the archipelago, producing sugar, coffee, cassava, and limes. Volcanic in origin and with an area of 195 sq mi (505 sq km), it is the only island of the group that has a regular supply of fresh water. Charles Darwin landed there at the settlement of San Cristóbal in 1835 and compiled data that he later used in his book On the Origin of Species (1859).
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The Volcan Wolf group seems to include a hodgepodge of lineages arising from multiple colonizations, while Lonesome George appears most evolutionarily related to saddle-backed tortoises on Espanola and San Cristobal Islands, more than 180 miles to the southeast.
Tortoise genes and island beings: giant Galapagos reptiles on slow ... by Nelson, Bryn / Science News
Three days after the Ecuadorian tanker Jessica struck a reef a half-mile off San Cristobal Island, the tanker began leaking the bulk of its cargo--roughly 200,000 gallons of diesel (heating and fuel oil) and bunker (thick fuel used in cruise ships).
Spill Scare by de Seve, Karen / Science World
In January, an oil tanker called the Jessica ran aground off San Cristobal Island, the easternmost island of the Galapagos, and began leaking oil.
Galapagos Tragedy by Junior Scholastic
 
 
 
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