Original: The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón; other Spanish names: Islas de Colón or Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km west of continental Ecuador.
Simplified: The Galápagos Islands (Archipiélago de Colón in Spanish) are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean belonging to Ecuador.