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38 Free photos of North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

North Seymour is a small island near Baltra, Ecuador. It was formed as a result of the uplift of a submarine lava formation. The whole island is covered with low, bushy vegetation. Its name was given after an English nobleman called Lord Hugh Seymour. It has an area of 1.9 km² and a maximum altitude of 28 metres. This island is home to a large population of blue-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls. It hosts one of the largest populations of frigate birds.
The visitor trail on North Seymour is approximately 2 km in length crossing the inland of the island and exploring the rocky coast.

The Galápagos Islands (Official name: Archipiélago de Colón; other Spanish names: Islas de Colónumio or Islas Galápagos, from galápago, "saddle"—after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises) are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, 965 kilometres (about 600 miles) west of continental Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. The group consists of 13 main islands, 6 smaller islands, and 107 rocks and islets. The islands are located at a geological hot spot, a place where the earth's crust is being melted from below by a mantle plume, creating volcanos. The oldest island is thought to have formed between 5 and 10 million years ago. The youngest islands, Isabela and Fernandina, are still being formed, with the most recent volcanic eruption in 2005. It is one of the few places in the world without an indigenous population. The Galápagos archipelago is a province of Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America, and the islands are all part of Ecuador's national park system. They are famed for their vast number of endemic species and the studies by Charles Darwin during the voyage of the Beagle that contributed to the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

(Adapted from: Galapagos and North Seymour Island (2008): Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia)

01northseymour.jpg Cruise ship Galapagos Agressor II at anchor at North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands	02northseymour.jpg Shore of North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands
03northseymour.jpg Bull sea lion hauling out at North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands	04northseymour.jpg Female sea lion in shade on North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands
05northseymour.jpg Female sea lion resting head on stone on beach of North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands	06northseymour.jpg Sea lion nursing pup on beach of North Seymour Island, Galapagos
07northseymour.jpg Female sea lion resting head asleep on back on beach of North Seymour Island, Galapagos	08northseymour.jpg Galapagos gulls piggybacking on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
09northseymour.jpg Frigate bird returning to nest on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	10northseymour.jpg Frigate birds nesting on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
11northseymour.jpg Frigate bird in nesting area on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	12northseymour.jpg Frigate bird nesting and showing off on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
13northseymour.jpg Frigate birds with chicks nesting on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	14northseymour.jpg Frigate bird with chick nesting on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
15northseymour.jpg Young Frigate bird in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	16northseymour.jpg Frigate bird returning to nest on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
17northseymour.jpg Frigate birds nesting and showing off on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	18northseymour.jpg Frigate bird nesting with chickon North Seymour Island, Galapagos
19northseymour.jpg Blue footed boobie with chick in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	20northseymour.jpg Blue footed boobie chicks in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
21northseymour.jpg Blue footed boobie chick in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	22northseymour.jpg Blue footed boobie feeding chick in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
23northseymour.jpg Blue footed boobie with chick in rookery on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	24northseymour.jpg Nasca boobie on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
25northseymour.jpg Red footed boobie on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	26northseymour.jpg Lava lizard on sand on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
27northseymour.jpg Lava lizard on rock on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	28northseymour.jpg Lava lizard with red head on rock on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
29northseymour.jpg Marine iguana on sand on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	30northseymour.jpg Marine iguana coming ashore on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
31northseymour.jpg Land iguana on rock on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	32northseymour.jpg Land iguana walking past alnbatross and chick on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
33northseymour.jpg Land iguana on rock on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	34northseymour.jpg Lava lizard checking out dead chick on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
35northseymour.jpg Galapagos dove looking for food on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	36northseymour.jpg Sally Lightfoot crab on North Seymour Island, Galapagos
37northseymour.jpg Sally Lightfoot crabs on rocks on North Seymour Island, Galapagos	38northseymour.jpg Sailing catamaran cruise boat anchored on North Seymour Island, Galapagos

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