Pinta Island

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Pinta Island is a remote, uninhabited island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, best known as the former home of Lonesome George, the last known Pinta Island tortoise.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Pinta Island canonical 14

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
uninhabited island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
access restricted ⓘ
administrativeCountry Ecuador ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abingdon Island ⓘ
archipelago Galápagos archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Galápagos Islands
area 60 km² ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
conservationImportance high ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
distanceFromMainland over 900 km west of continental Ecuador ⓘ
ecosystemRestoration ongoing ⓘ
elevation 777 m ⓘ
geologicalOrigin shield volcano ⓘ
goatEradicationCompleted 2003 ⓘ
goatEradicationMethod eradication campaign by park authorities ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
dry lowland ecosystem ⓘ
hasFauna Pinta Island tortoise ⓘ
marine iguanas ⓘ
sea lions ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasFlora cacti ⓘ
dry shrubland vegetation ⓘ
low trees ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Pinta Island volcano summit ⓘ
humanPopulation 0 permanent residents ⓘ
invasiveSpeciesHistory feral goats ⓘ
isUninhabited true ⓘ
knownFor endemic Pinta Island tortoise subspecies ⓘ
former home of Lonesome George ⓘ
lastKnownTortoise Lonesome George ⓘ
locatedIn Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
managementAuthority Galápagos National Park Directorate ⓘ
namedAfter La Pinta ⓘ
partOf Galápagos National Park ⓘ
Galápagos Province ⓘ
Insular Region of Ecuador ⓘ
protectedStatus part of Galápagos National Park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
region eastern Pacific ⓘ
tortoiseSubspecies Chelonoidis abingdonii ⓘ
linked to: Chelonoidis
UNESCOStatus part of Galápagos World Heritage Site ⓘ
volcanicActivityStatus extinct or dormant ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galápagos Islands → hasIsland → Pinta Island ⓘ
Galápagos Province → contains → Pinta Island ⓘ
Galápagos Time → observedIn → Pinta Island ⓘ
Galápagos fur seal → foundOnIsland → Pinta Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Galápagos fur seals
Galápagos hawk → foundOnIsland → Pinta Island ⓘ
subject linked to: Galápagos hawks
Insular Region of Ecuador → contains → Pinta Island ⓘ
Pinta Island volcano summit → partOf → Pinta Island ⓘ
Lonesome George → placeOfBirth → Pinta Island ⓘ
Lonesome George → discoveredOn → Pinta Island ⓘ
Lonesome George → nativeTo → Pinta Island ⓘ