Las Tintoreras Islet
Las Tintoreras
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Las Tintoreras Islet (also called Tintorera or Villamil) is an islet to the south of the bay of Puerto Villamil in the island of Isabela, that forms part of the archipelago and national park of the Galapagos Islands, including administratively in the Province Of Galapagos.

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Las Tintoreras Islet (also called Tintorera or Villamil) is an islet to the south of the bay of Puerto Villamil in the island of Isabela, that forms part of the archipelago and national park of the Galapagos Islands, including administratively in the Province Of Galapagos. It is accessible by a boat trip where iguanas, boobies, penguins and seabirds can be observed. The name of the islet comes from a channel that is filled during high tide of whitetip reef sharks and tiger sharks, the latter typically referred to as Tintorera. It has an area of 12.4 hectares (0.12 square kilometers), is 68.8 kilometers from the center of the archipelago, and has a coastline of 2.64 kilometers.
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Nearest islands
- Isabela Island60 km
- Floreana Island69 km
- Santa Cruz Island77 km
- Santiago Island83 km
- Fernandina Island88 km
- Española Island150 km
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Photographs

Volcanic rock in Tintoreras - Ecuador, 2023

Iguana in Tintoreras - Ecuador, 2023
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- Volcanic rock in Tintoreras - Ecuador, 2023. Melissamarzo / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Iguana in Tintoreras - Ecuador, 2023. Melissamarzo / CC BY-SA 4.0