1.1 The Galapagos Archipelago is a group of islands of volcanic origin, located 502 nautical
miles west of the Ecuadorean coast between latitude 02° 00´ N, longitude 087° 30´ W, and
latitude 02° 24´ S, longitude 093° 30´ W. They are crossed by the Equator line at the Wolf and
Ecuador volcanoes on Isabela Island. The total surface area of the Galapagos Islands is
8,006 km2. The distance from Darwin Island in the north to Española Island in the south is
414 km, and from Pitt Point (San Cristóbal) to Cape Douglas (Fernandina) 268 km. The
Archipelago comprises five islands greater than 500 km² (Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandina,
San Salvador and San Cristóbal); 8 islands between 14 and 173 km2 (Santa Maria, Marchena,
Genovesa, Española, Pinta, Baltra, Santa Fe and Pinzón); 6 islands between 1 and 5 km² (Rábida,
Baltra, Wolf, Tortuga, Bartolomé and Darwin); 42 islets smaller than 1 km2, and 26 rocks. The
largest island, Isabela, with an area of 4,588 km2, is divided in two by the Perry Isthmus, the
northern part covering 2,112 km2 and the southern 2, 476 km2. Isabela has the islands´ highest
point, namely the summit of Wolf Volcano, at 1,707 m.
1.2 The area of the PSSA is defined by a line connecting the following geographical
positions:
(1) 02° 30´.02 N 092° 21´.27 W
(2) 02° 14´.20 N 091° 40´.02 W
(3) 01° 14´.15 N 090° 25´.75 W
(4) 00° 53´.24 N 089° 30´.03 W
(5) 00° 35´.38 S 088° 38´.59 W
(6) 00° 52´.00 S 088° 33´.59 W
(7) 01° 59´.01 S 089° 12´.87 W
(8) 02° 05´.01 S 089° 33´.70 W
(9) 02° 01´.43 S 090° 34´.53 W
(10) 01° 32´.28 S 091° 51´.89 W
(11) 01° 13´.08 S 092° 07´.08 W
(12) 01° 48´.88 N 092° 40´.36 W
1.3 A nautical chart showing the PSSA and the area to be avoided is provided in Annex 2.