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Isla Santa FéSanta Fe Island
Santa Fe Island, also called
Barrington Island after admiral Samuel Barrington, is a small island of 24 square kilometres which lies in the centre of the Galápagos archipelago, to the south east of Santa Cruz Island. Geologically it is one of the oldest, since volcanic rocks of about 4 million years old have been found. The vegetation of the island is characterized by brush, palo santo trees and stands of a large variety of the prickly pear cactus
Opuntia echios.
In regard to animals, Santa Fe is home to two endemic species and two endemic subspecies: the Barrington land iguana, the Barrington leaf-toed gecko, the Santa Fe marine iguana and the Santa Fe rice rat.
The visitor site is a wet landing located in Barrington Bay on the northeastern side of the island. Large numbers of sea lions are found on the beaches in the bay, occasionally hindering peregrination to the two trails leading from the beach.
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