Academy Bay
Academy Bay is the natural harbor of Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands archipelago. The bay was named for the California Academy of Sciences, which sent an expedition here in 1905.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hotel Flamingo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Puerto Ayora.
Puerto Ayora
Town
Photo: David Adam Kess, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Santa Cruz is the most important island in the Galapagos Islands archipelago, in Ecuador. It contains the largest town in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Ayora, which is the only location on the island with tourist infrastructure, on the southern side of the island, and is connected by road and ferry to the airport on Baltra Island.
Academy Bay
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Bahia Academia” and “Bahía Academia”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Galápagos, Ecuador, South America
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Latitude
-0.74853° or 0° 44′ 55″ southLongitude
-90.31213° or 90° 18′ 44″ westOpen location code
66FF7M2Q+H4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1424891835OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3660400Wikidata ID
Q2822217
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Academy Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج أكاديمي”
- Cebuano: “Bahía Academy”
- Dutch: “Academy Bay”
- French: “Academy Bay”
- German: “Akademie-Bucht”
- Japanese: “アカデミー湾”
- Spanish: “Bahia de la Academia”
- Spanish: “Bahía de la Academia”
- Swedish: “Bahía Academy”
- Swedish: “Bahía de la Academia”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dinapen and Iglesia Católica San Francisco de Asís - Parroquia Santa Marianita.
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