Subject(s): water and mountain / Genre: digital image / Location(s): el progreso, (galapagos islands) / Format: image - Humans, History and Ecology in Galápagos

Start Over Subject(s) water Subject(s) mountain Genre digital image Location(s) el progreso, (galapagos islands) Format image

Description:: Laguna El Junco is a water-filled explosion crater at the 700 masl summit of an ancient caldera rim. It was the major water supply for the Hacienda El Progreso. Martínez (1915:51) mentioned that at one point Cobos had attempted to measure the depth of El Junco but stopped at 50 m, although It is believed to have a maximum depth of 6 m.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Mountains; Water
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2015
Date searchable:: 2015
Date searchable:: 2015-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP2698
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2015

Description:: A few wetland lagoons lying below El Junco also serve as water supplies on the island. Although they also provided water for the Hacienda El Progreso, their water volume fluctuates seasonally.
Subjects:: Hacienda El Progreso
Subjects Facet:: San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Mountains; Water
Creator:: Dr. Peter W. Stahl
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Contributors:: Dr. Peter Stahl
Date:: 2015
Date searchable:: 2015
Date searchable:: 2015-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: image
Identifier:: IMGP2713
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Location(s):: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Location(s) Facet:: El Progreso, (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
Date Digitized:: 2015

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