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Española Island

Its name was given in honor of Spain. It is also known as Hood after an English nobleman. It has an area of 60 km² and a maximum altitude of 206 meters.

Española is the nesting place of the albatross and also hoasts sparrow hawks, marine turtles, masqued boobies, marine iguanas, sharks, sea lions, swallow-tailed gulls, finches, Galapagos doves, giant turtles, tropic birds and blue-footed boobies.