Isla de la Plata
| Isla de la Plata | |
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| File:Isladelaplata.JPG Isla de la Plata | |
Location off the coast of Ecuador | |
| Location | Manabí Province, Ecuador |
| Coordinates | 1°16′43″S 81°04′07″W / 1.27861°S 81.06861°W |
| Area | 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi) |
Isla de la Plata is a small island off the coast of Manabí, Ecuador, and is part of Parque Nacional Machalilla. Guided tours of the island are given on a couple of different hiking trails. It can be reached by boat from the city of Puerto López, which is 40 km away.[1]
History
There is a shrine from Inca times located on the island.[2]
Environment
On the island, there is a large diversity of animal species,[3][4] including the blue-footed booby, red-footed booby, and the Nazca booby.[5][6] Another species found here is the South American sea lion.[7]
Important Bird Area
The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant populations of resident Esmeraldas woodstars, magnificent frigatebirds and blue-footed boobies, breeding waved albatrosses, and wandering tattlers on passage.[8]
In popular culture
Isla de la Plata is featured in an episode of the travel series Jet Set Zero.
Gallery
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Blue-footed booby on Isla de la Plata in winter.
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Blue-footed booby with new young on Isla de la Plata.
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Tour guide addresses customers at the beginning of a tour.
References
- ↑ Gilbert, Sarah (27 November 2010). "Isla de la Plata - Ecuador's other Galapagos". the Guardian.
- ↑ Bruhns, Karen Olsen; Bruhns, Dr Karen Olsen (1994-08-04). Ancient South America - Karen Olsen Bruhns - Google Books. ISBN 9780521277617. Retrieved 2014-04-19.
- ↑ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2005). "La avifauna de la isla de La Plata, Parque Nacional Machalilla, Ecuador, con notas sobre nuevos registros". Cotinga. 24: 22–27.
- ↑ Amy E. Robertson (19 November 2013). Moon Volunteer Vacations in Latin America. Avalon Publishing. pp. 240–. ISBN 978-1-61238-642-3.
- ↑ Robin Restall; Juan Freile (8 March 2018). Birds of Ecuador. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-4729-2565-7.
- ↑ Andrés Vásquez Noboa (30 May 2017). Wildlife of Ecuador: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians. Princeton University Press. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-1-4008-8505-3.
- ↑ Ronald M. Nowak; Ernest Pillsbury Walker (28 May 2003). Walker's Marine Mammals of the World. JHU Press. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-8018-7343-0.
- ↑ "Isla de la Plata". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
External links
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador (in Spanish)
