Alcedo Volcano is one of the six coalescing shield volcanoes that make up Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The remote location of the volcano has meant that even the most recent eruption in 1993 was not recorded until two years later. It is also the only volcano in the Galapagos to have erupted rhyolite and basaltic lava.
The volcano has the largest number of wild tortoises of any of the volcanoes in the Galapagos, though their genetic diversity is amongst the lowest of any of the breeds in the archipelago. The habitat of the tortoises was threatened when feral goats crossed from southern Isabela Island in the 1970s and then reproduced rapidly.
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AlcedoVolcano is one of the six coalescing shield volcanoes that make up Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The remote location of the volcano has meant...
from a fissure on the west side of the volcano. Volcanic ash fell on neighboring Isabela Island. AlcedoVolcano on Isabela Island last erupted in the 1950s...
vandenburghi, also known as the Volcán Alcedo giant tortoise, the AlcedoVolcano giant tortoise or the Alcedo giant tortoise, is a subspecies of Galápagos...
plateau of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex (British Columbia, Canada) AlcedoVolcano La Cumbre, Galápagos Islands Sierra Negra, Galápagos Islands Cerro Azul...
bottleneck—the comparatively large population on the slopes of the Alcedovolcano is significantly less diverse than four other tortoise populations on...
coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Ecuador. In Ecuador, EPN monitors the volcanic activity in this Andean...
specimen was collected on the northern exposed inner caldera rim of the AlcedoVolcano on Isabela Island at an altitude of 1,055 m (3,461 ft). Here, near the...
Alan W. Archer, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected on the AlcedoVolcano (Isabela Island) at an altitude of 1,146 m (3,760 ft); there, on a southeast-exposed...
Alba Yánez-Ayabaca, and John Elix. The type specimen was collected on AlcedoVolcano (Isabela Island) at an altitude of 1,089 m (3,573 ft), where it was...
Huaquillas, Santa Elena, Cayambe, Salinas, General Villamil and major roads Galapagos Mostly from a boat. A hiking trail from the sea to AlcedoVolcano....
currently known only from the Galápagos Islands, specifically from the AlcedoVolcano on Isabela Island and San Cristóbal Island. It is considered endemic...
and soil formation in rhyolitic tephra along a moisture gradient on AlcedoVolcano, Galápagos. Geoderma 343, 215–225 With Galicia-Acdrés, E., Oostenbrink...
Year Date Event Source 1830 December 23 Pascual Enrile y Alcedo appointed Governor-General (1830–1835) Manila is opened to the world market 1835 March...
by tourists are Punta Garcia, to see the flightless cormorants; Volcán Alcedo for Land Tortoises; Tagus Cove for blue-footed boobies, flightless cormorants...
singer. Cecilia Barraza (born 1952), singer of música criolla. José Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878), composer. Cecilia Bracamonte (born 1949), singer. Anahí de...
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