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San Cristobal

San Cristóbal Island, also known as Chatham Island, is the easternmost in the , as well as one of the oldest geologically. It is administratively part of , .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 5,500 residents
  • Description: island in the Galápagos archipelago
  • Also known as: “Chatam”, “Chatam I.”, “Chatam Is.”, “Chatam Island”, “Chatham”, “Chatham I.”, “Chatham Is.”, “Chatham Island”, “Dassigney I.”, “Dassigney Is.”, “Dassigney Island”, “Dassigney’s I.”, “Dassigney’s Is.”, “Dassigney’s Island”, “Dassigny I.”, “Dassigny Is.”, “Dassigny Island”, “I. S. Cristobal”, “I. S. Cristóbal”, “I. San Cristobal”, “I. San Cristóbal”, “Isla S. Cristobal”, “Isla S. Cristóbal”, “Isla San Cristobal”, “Isla San Cristóbal”, “Lord Chatham”, “Lord Chatham I.”, “Lord Chatham Is.”, “Lord Chatham Island”, “S. Cristobal”, “S. Cristóbal”, “S. Cristobal I.”, “S. Cristóbal I.”, “S. Cristobal Is.”, “S. Cristóbal Is.”, “S. Cristóbal Island”, “San Cristóbal”, “San Cristóbal I.”, “San Cristobal Is.”, “San Cristóbal Is.”, “San Cristobal Island”, and “San Cristóbal Island”

San Cristobal

Latitude
-0.9151° or 0° 54′ 54″ south
Longitude
-89.5663° or 89° 33′ 59″ west
Population
5,500
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
IATA airport code
SCY
Open location code
66FG3CMM+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 249598839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
3651946
Wiki­data ID
Q855652
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Mari—“San Cristobal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سانت كريستوبال”
  • Asturian: “Islla de San Cristóbal”
  • Asturian: “San Cristóbal (Ecuador)”
  • Basque: “San Cristóbal uhartea (Ekuador)”
  • Basque: “San Cristóbal uhartea”
  • Breton: “San Cristóbal”
  • Catalan: “Illa de San Cristóbal”
  • Cebuano: “San Cristóbal Island”
  • Chinese: “圣克里斯托巴尔岛”
  • Chinese: “聖克里斯托巴爾島”
  • Czech: “San Cristóbal”
  • Danish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Dutch: “San Cristóbal”
  • Estonian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Estonian: “San Cristóbali saar”
  • Finnish: “San Cristobal”
  • Finnish: “San Cristóbal”
  • French: “île Chatam”
  • French: “île Chatham”
  • French: “Île San Cristobal”
  • French: “île San Cristóbal”
  • French: “Île San Cristóbal”
  • French: “Isla San Cristóbal”
  • French: “San Cristóbal Island”
  • French: “San Cristobal”
  • French: “San Cristóbal”
  • Galician: “Illa de San Cristóbal”
  • German: “Chatham”
  • German: “San Cristóbal”
  • Hebrew: “סן קריסטובל”
  • Hindi: “सैन क्रिस्टोबाल(गैलापागोस)”
  • Hindi: “सैन क्रिस्टोबाल”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau San Cristóbal”
  • Italian: “San Cristobal”
  • Italian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Japanese: “サン・クリストバル島”
  • Korean: “산크리스토발섬”
  • Lithuanian: “San Kristobalio sala”
  • Lithuanian: “San Kristobalis”
  • Macedonian: “Сан Кристобал”
  • Macedonian: “Четем”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Christobal”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Cristóbal”
  • Norwegian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Persian: “جزیره سن کریستوبال”
  • Polish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Portuguese: “Cantão de São Cristóvão”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de São Cristóvão”
  • Quechua: “San Cristóbal wat’a”
  • Romanian: “Insula San Cristobal”
  • Romanian: “Insula San Cristóbal”
  • Romanian: “San Cristobal”
  • Russian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Slovak: “San Cristóbal (ostrov)”
  • Slovak: “San Cristóbal”
  • Slovenian: “Chatham”
  • Slovenian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Spanish: “Isla Chatham”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Cristobal”
  • Spanish: “Isla de San Cristóbal”
  • Spanish: “Isla San Cristobal”
  • Spanish: “Isla San Cristóbal”
  • Spanish: “San Cristobal”
  • Spanish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Swedish: “San Cristóbal”
  • Ukrainian: “острів Сан-Крістобаль”
  • Ukrainian: “острів Чатем”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Кристобаль”
  • Western Frisian: “San Cristóbal (Galápagos)”
  • Western Frisian: “San Cristóbal”
  • Western Mari: “Сан-Кристобаль”

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