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Isabela Island

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noun

  1. an island in the Pacific Ocean, off the W coast of South America: the largest of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador. 2,250 sq. mi. (5,827 sq. km).

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Native only to the slopes of Wolf Volcano on the Galapagos' Isabela Island, the iguana is considered critically endangered and just several hundred are left, according to estimates.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2022

When sea temperatures rise, the sardine population around Isabela Island drops.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2018

Then the raiders, fugitives from the Gal�pagos penal colony on Isabela Island, demanded to be taken to the mainland.

From Time Magazine Archive

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