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Fernandina

Punta Espinosa: Located on the northeast part of Fernandina.

It is also visited to see the black lava rock, mangroves, a variety of herons, yellow warblers, pelicans, frigates, the mangrove finch, petrels, shearwaters and the large population of marine iguanas.

Marine iguanas are the only known lizards to have adapted themselves to a life dependent on the sea, feeding on the green algae and seaweed several feet below the water's surface. You find them only in the Galapagos and Fernandina holds the largest colony. Plants are nearly devoid in this area.

Lava Cactus seems to be one of the few plants able to survive. These small cacti live only a few years, growing in groups.

The spines are yellow when young darkening with age and the flower is a creamy white visible only in the early mornings.

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