Las Tintoreras Islet (also called Tintorera or Villamil)
is an islet to the south of the bay of
Puerto Villamil
Puerto Villamil is a small port village located on the southeastern edge of Isla Isabela in the Galapagos Islands. Of the 2,200 people who live on Isabela, the majority live in Puerto Villamil. The harbor is frequently full with sailboats, a ...
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
The whitetip reef shark (''Triaenodon obesus'') is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, and the only member of its genus. A small shark that does not usually exceed in length, this species is easily recognizable by its slen ...
and
tiger sharks
The tiger shark (''Galeocerdo cuvier'') is a species of requiem shark and the last extant member of the family Galeocerdonidae. It is a large macropredator, capable of attaining a length over . Populations are found in many tropical and tempera ...
, 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.
See also
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Geography of Ecuador
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Geography of South America
The geography of South America contains many diverse regions and climates. Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the landmass of the Americas, south and east of the Colombia–Panama bo ...
References
Islands of the Galápagos Islands
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