[DOC] [TLE] Galapagos Islands | islands, Ecuador | Britannica.com [PAR] May 12, 2016 ... ... athwart the Equator 600 miles (1,000 km) west of the mainland of Ecuador. 
Their total land area of 3,093 square miles (8,010 square km) is scattered ... The 
Galapagos Islands were discovered in 1535 by the bishop of Panama, Toms de 
Berlanga, whose ship had drifted off course while en route to Peru. [DOC] [TLE] Galpagos Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The Galpagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on 
either side of the ... The islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km (
605 mi) off the west ... The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the 
country to which they ..... The islands are administered by a provincial 
government. [DOC] [TLE] Ecuador - Encyclopedia of the Nations [PAR] Area: 283,560 square kilometers (109,483 square miles), including the 
Galpagos Islands ... The country's mainland divides naturally into three regions: 
a coastal ... The Galpagos Islands, a province of Ecuador, lie far off the western 
coast of the ... The Galpagos Islands were discovered in 1535 by the Spanish 
navigator... [DOC] [TLE] Ecuador - The Galapagos Islands - Geographia [PAR] Ecuador's most beloved and popular national park lies in splendid isolation 
about 960 kilometers off the mainland. ... Though the name Darwin is inseparable 
from the islands' history, they were actually discovered in 1535 by a Spanish 
bishop... [DOC] [TLE] PressReader - The Province: 2012-10-21 - Galapagos rich with sea ... [PAR] Oct 21, 2012 ... After a good sleep, we were off to the airport to fly to Puerto ... in the Pacific, 600 
miles west of the mainland of Ecuador on the equator. ... The year was 1535. That 
was when the remote Galapagos archipelago was discovered,... [DOC] [TLE] Galapagos Islands facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] 9,785), 3,029 sq mi (7,845 sq km), Ecuador, in the Pacific Ocean c.650 mi (1,045 
km) W of ... Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, on San Cristbal, is the provincial capital. 
... The islands were discovered in 1535 by the Spaniard Toms de Bertanga and 
... (group of islands), the Galpagos lie some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. [DOC] [TLE] The Galapagos Islands Destination Guide - Pilot Guides [PAR] ... Islands is a province of Ecuador, lying about 600 miles west of the mainland. ... 
The first recorded discovery of the islands was in 1535 by Dominican friar from .... 
Enjoy a memorable beach run, or kayak in the coastal waters off the beach at... [DOC] [TLE] Galapagos Islands' Boat-based Programs - Rainforest and Reef [PAR] Galpagos is a province of Ecuador and the largest in its' National Park System. 
... a vast 17,000 square miles of ocean and discovered in 1535, the archipelago 
has ... shoelaces.prehistoric land iguanas.13 species of Darwin's finches....
600 .... Off of Baltra Island (where the airport is located) and not far from Santa 
Cruz,... [DOC] [TLE] Luxury Galapagos Islands Travel Provider | Galapagos Vacations [PAR] Before you travel to the Ecuador and the Galapagos, get Galapagos Islands 
travel ... the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles from mainland Ecuador. 
Capital: Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristobal is capital of Galapagos 
Province. .... Cocos Island off Costa Rica, about five hundred miles northeast of 
the Galapagos. [DOC] [TLE] Puerto Ayora Journal - Galapagos Burden - Goats, Pigs and Now ... [PAR] Sep 30, 1993 ... Two decades ago this isolated archipelago 600 miles west of South America's 
mainland was declared a national province of Ecuador, a move that threw ... For 
millions of years, water currents sweeping off South America's western ... The 
whalers soon discovered that the islands' fur seals were easy prey. [DOC] [TLE] Ecuador B (Amazon and Galapagos) - Rainforest and Reef [PAR] ECUADOR B FIELD COURSE (Amazon and Galapagos) ... 47 coral reefs located 
in the Pacific Ocean, 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, South America. 
Galpagos is a province of Ecuador and the largest in its' National

Question: Discovered in 1535, this province of Ecuador is 600 miles off the mainland
Answer: Galapagos Islands