South Plaza Island 01.jpg — Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0

South Plaza

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0.583330° S, 90.162500° W

A small uplifted islet off the east coast of Santa Cruz, tilted so that cliffs line its southern edge. A large land iguana colony lives among Opuntia cactus and a Sesuvium carpet that reddens in the dry season, while tropicbirds and swallow-tailed gulls nest on the cliffs.

Visitor sites (1)

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South Plaza

Cruises visiting this island

Itinerary A
5-day expedition · Galápagos
Itinerary C5: Eastern Islands Expedition
5-day expedition · Galápagos
Itinerary C5D/J: Central & Southern Galápagos Expedition
5-day expedition · Galápagos

Galápagos wildlife

Galápagos hybrid iguana
Galápagos land iguana
Galápagos sea lion
Marine iguana
Red-billed tropicbird
Swallow-tailed gull