Floreana
Floreana Island, also known by its Spanish names of Isla Floreana and Isla Santa Maria, and by its English name of Charles Island, is one of the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos Archipelago
- Also known as: “Charles”, “Charles I.”, “Charles Is.”, “Charles Island”, “Charles’s I.”, “Charles’s Is.”, “Charles’s Island”, “Floreana I.”, “Floreana Is.”, “Floreana Island”, “Floriana”, “Floriana I.”, “Floriana Is.”, “Floriana Island”, “I. Charles”, “I. de Santa Maria”, “I. de Sta. Maria”, “I. Floreana”, “I. Floriana”, “I. King Charles”, “I. Mascarenas”, “I. Mercedes”, “I. Santa Maria”, “I. Santa Maria de la Aguada”, “I. Sta. Maria”, “Isla Floreana”, “Isla Floriana”, “Isla Mascarenas”, “Isla Mercedes”, “Isla Santa Maria”, “Isla Santa Maria de la Aguada”, “King Charles”, “King Charles I.”, “King Charles Is.”, “King Charles Island”, “King Charles’s I.”, “King Charles’s Is.”, “King Charles’s Island”, “Mascarenas”, “Mascarenas I.”, “Mascarenas Is.”, “Mascarenas Island”, “Mercedes”, “Mercedes I.”, “Mercedes Is.”, “Mercedes Island”, “Santa Maria”, “Santa Maria de la Aguada”, “Santa Maria I.”, “Santa Maria Is.”, “Santa Maria Island”, “Sta. Maria”, “Sta. Maria de la Aguada”, “Sta. Maria I.”, “Sta. Maria Is.”, and “Sta. Maria Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerro Pajas.
Cerro Pajas
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cerro Pajas is an inactive volcano located in the south of Floreana Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. It is the highest peak on Floreana, with a maximum elevation of 640 meters above sea level.
Floreana
- Categories: volcano and landform
- Location: Galápagos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Floreana from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Floreana” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة فلوريانا”
- Asturian: “Floreana”
- Asturian: “Isla Floreana”
- Asturian: “Islla Floreana”
- Basque: “Floreana uhartea”
- Catalan: “Floreana”
- Cebuano: “Floreana Island”
- Chinese: “弗洛雷安納島”
- Chinese: “弗雷里安納島”
- Chinese: “弗雷里安纳岛”
- Czech: “Floreana”
- Dutch: “Floreana”
- Estonian: “Floreana”
- Finnish: “Floreana”
- French: “Charles Island”
- French: “Floreana Island”
- French: “Floreana”
- French: “Floriana”
- French: “Île Charles”
- French: “île Floreana”
- French: “Île Floreana”
- French: “île Floriana”
- French: “île King-Charles”
- French: “île Marcos”
- French: “île Mercèdes”
- French: “Île Santa Maria”
- French: “Île Santa María”
- French: “île Santa-Maria de la Aguada”
- French: “Isla Floreana”
- French: “Isla Santa María”
- French: “King-Charles”
- French: “Mercèdes”
- French: “Santa Maria de la Aguada”
- French: “Santa María de la Aguada”
- French: “Santa-Maria de la Aguada”
- Galician: “Floreana”
- Galician: “Illa Charles”
- Galician: “Illa Floreana”
- German: “Floreana”
- Hebrew: “פלוראנה”
- Hindi: “फ्लोरियाना”
- Italian: “Floreana”
- Japanese: “フロレアナ島”
- Korean: “찰스 섬”
- Korean: “플로레아나섬”
- Lithuanian: “Floreana”
- Lithuanian: “Floreanos sala”
- Luxembourgish: “Floreana”
- Luxembourgish: “Santa Maria”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Floreana”
- Norwegian: “Floreana”
- Persian: “ساحل فلوریانا”
- Polish: “Floreana”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Floreana”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de santa maria”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Floreana”
- Quechua: “Floreana wat’a”
- Quechua: “Santa María wat’a”
- Romanian: “Floreana”
- Romanian: “Florena”
- Romanian: “Insula Floreana”
- Russian: “Санта-Мария”
- Russian: “Флореана”
- Slovak: “Floreana”
- Slovenian: “Floreana”
- Spanish: “I. Santa María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “I. Santa María”
- Spanish: “I. Sta. María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “I. Sta. María”
- Spanish: “Isla de Charles”
- Spanish: “Isla Floreana”
- Spanish: “Isla Mercedes”
- Spanish: “Isla Santa María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “Isla Santa María”
- Spanish: “Isla Sta. María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “Isla Sta. María”
- Spanish: “Mercedes”
- Spanish: “Santa María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “Sta. María de la Aguada”
- Spanish: “Sta. María”
- Swedish: “Floreana Island”
- Ukrainian: “острів Санта-Марія”
- Ukrainian: “острів Флореана”
- Ukrainian: “острів Чарльз”
- Ukrainian: “Флореана”
- Western Mari: “Флореана”
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