Wolf Volcano in the Galapagos Islands is erupting!
Another attraction adds up to the uncountable highlights of the Galapagos Islands!!
The famous archipelago that inspired the English naturalist Charles Darwin to develop his theory on natural selection and evolution is once again hitting the news.
Located in the Pacific Ocean, about 1000 km from the coast of Ecuador, these volcanic islands that are home to a great amount of endemic species of flora and fauna, have reported the recent big eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island.
Isabela, also known as Albermarle, is one of the youngest, and more active islands in the archipelago. It is on this same island where the Sierra Negra Volcano erupted for the last time about 10 years ago and which has presented seismic activity for the last few months. Now it is the turn of Wolf, with its highest peak of 1707 m, that started erupting once more in the early morning of last Monday 25 May after 33 years of inactivity. The magma flow, slowly moving to the southeast, has not reached the coast and it is now decreasing in intensity. This new eruption does not pose a risk to the human settlement at Puerto Villamil located in the South of Isabela; however, potential damage to the unique fauna of the island is yet to be determined.
According to preliminary information issued by the Galapagos National Park authorities and scientists from the Charles Darwin Research Station, the impact on the ecosystem on the Southern flank of the volcano will be minimal and the small population of the rare and unique species of Pink Iguana (Conolophus martae), endemic to this particular area of the archipelago, would not be at risk.
The passengers on the cruise boats visiting this area within the next days will be the lucky ones to witness the unusual event.