Marchena Island
Names
Marchena is named in honor of the Spanish monk Antonio de Marchena.
The English pirate William Ambrosia Cowley charted the island as Bindlos's Island in 1684, naming it in honor of Robert Byndloss, a chief justice of Jamaica who was related by marriage to Henry Morgan and generally sympathetic to pirates, buccaneers, and privateers. Over time, the name frequently became written as Bindlos and Bindloe Island, possibly through confusion with English captains active in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Geography
Marchena has an area of 130 square kilometers (50 sq mi) and reaches an elevation of 343 meters (1,125 ft) above sea level. Marchena's nearest neighbor is Genovesa Island, about 72 kilometers (45 mi) due west.
Like many of the Galápagos volcanos, Marchena has a caldera. Marchena's caldera is roughly elliptical and measures 7 by 6 kilometers (4 by 4 miles), within the range of caldera sizes of the large western volcanoes. Marchena's caldera is unusual, however, in that it has been almost completely filled with young lavas, some of which has spilled over and down the sides. The oldest lava pools go back 500,000 years.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ "Marchena". Galapagos Conservancy. galapagos.org. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ McEwen (1988), p. 237.
- ^ Kitchin, Thomas (1797), "South America", Kitchin's General Atlas..., London: Laurie & Whittle.
- ^ "MARCHENA ISLAND (BINDLOE), GALAPAGOS". Animal Corner. animalcorner.co.uk. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
Bibliography
- McEwen, Alec (July 1988), "The English Place-Names of the Galápagos", The Geographical Journal, vol. 154, London: Royal Geographical Society, pp. 234–242, doi:10.2307/633849, JSTOR 633849.
External links
- "Marchena". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-28.