El Junco Lagoon

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El Junco Lagoon is a freshwater crater lake in the highlands of San Cristóbal Island in the Galápagos, known for its unique volcanic setting and importance as a habitat for native bird species.

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Label Occurrences
El Junco Lagoon canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crater lake ⓘ
freshwater lake ⓘ
natural feature ⓘ
access reachable by road from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno ⓘ
archipelago Galápagos Islands ⓘ
climateZone tropical ⓘ
conservationStatus protected within Galápagos National Park ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
elevation approximately 2,300 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 700 meters above sea level ⓘ
formationProcess filling of an extinct volcanic crater with rainwater ⓘ
habitatFor Galápagos frigatebirds ⓘ
Galápagos pintail ducks ⓘ
common gallinules ⓘ
migratory waterbirds ⓘ
white-cheeked pintails ⓘ
importance freshwater reservoir for local ecosystem ⓘ
key site for bird observation ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Laguna El Junco ⓘ
isOneOf few permanent freshwater bodies in the Galápagos Islands ⓘ
isOnIsland San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
isPartOf Galápagos National Park ⓘ
locatedIn Ecuador ⓘ
Galápagos Islands ⓘ
Galápagos Province ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
management Galápagos National Park Directorate ⓘ
maxDepth approximately 20 feet ⓘ
approximately 6 meters ⓘ
notableFor habitat for native bird species ⓘ
unique volcanic setting ⓘ
origin volcanic crater ⓘ
outflow no permanent surface outflow ⓘ
overlooks surrounding highlands of San Cristóbal ⓘ
region eastern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
setting highlands of San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
surfaceArea approximately 0.18 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 18 hectares ⓘ
approximately 44 acres ⓘ
surroundedBy endemic vegetation ⓘ
tourism popular visitor site on San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
usedBy seabirds for bathing ⓘ
seabirds for preening ⓘ
waterSource rainwater ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

San Cristóbal Island → hasCraterLake → El Junco Lagoon ⓘ
San Cristóbal Island → hasFreshwaterLake → El Junco Lagoon ⓘ