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San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)

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Geographic headingSan Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands)
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Geographic subdivision usageGalapagos Islands--San Cristóbal Island
Variant(s)Chatham Island (Galapagos Islands)
Isla Chatham (Galapagos Islands)
Isla San Cristóbal (Galapagos Islands)
See alsoGalapagos Islands
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Islands--Ecuador
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Found inGrant, K.T. Darwin in Galápagos, c2009: table of contents (Chatham Island (Isla San Cristóbal))
Pryet, A. Hydrogeological settings of a volcanic island (San Cristóbal, Galapagos) from joint interpretation of airborne electromagnetics and geomorphological observations, 2012: abstr. (San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos))
GEOnet, Sept. 3, 2015 (Isla San Cristóbal; variant: Isla Chatham; island; Ecuador, first-order administrative division: Galápagos; 00°48ʹ59ʺS, 089°25ʹ13ʺW (-.816483, -89.420146))
Places in the Galápagos Islands, via Lonely Planet website, Sept. 3, 2015 (Isla San Cristóbal (Chatham); San Cristóbal is the fifth-largest island in the archipelago and has the second-largest population)
Wikipedia, Sept. 3, 2015 (San Cristóbal Island; San Cristóbal (Chatham) is the easternmost island in the Galápagos archipelago, as well as one of the oldest geologically. It is administratively part of San Cristóbal Canton, Ecuador. Its Spanish (and official Ecuadorian) name "San Cristóbal" comes from the patron saint of seafarers, St. Christopher. English speakers increasingly use that name in preference to the traditional English name of Chatham Island, derived from William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham; the capital of the archipelago, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, lies at the south-western tip of the island; 0°48ʹS 89°24ʹW)