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Cerro Pajas (also known as Cerro Paja or Cerro de pajasDavid William Steadman (1982), PhD thesis, University of Arizona.) is an inactive volcano located in the south of Floreana Island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.[1]

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  1. 19 relations: Asilo de la Paz, Black rat, Charles Darwin Research Station, Donkey, Ecuador, Feral cat, Feral goat, Feral pig, Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, Galápagos petrel, Lantana camara, Medium tree finch, Ornithology, Protected area, Scalesia pedunculata, Ultra-prominent peak, University of Arizona, World Wide Fund for Nature.

  2. Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands

Asilo de la Paz

Asilo de la Paz (English: Haven of PeaceAllison Amend (2017) The New York Times. Published June 20, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2020.) is a location on Floreana Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

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Black rat

The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae.

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Charles Darwin Research Station

Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) (ECCD) is a biological research station in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Ecuador.

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Donkey

The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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Feral cat

A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans.

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Feral goat

The feral goat is the domestic goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) when it has become established in the wild.

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Feral pig

A feral pig is a domestic pig which has gone feral, meaning it lives in the wild.

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Floreana Island

Floreana Island (Isla Floreana) is a southern island in Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.

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Galápagos petrel

The Galápagos petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia) is one of the six endemic seabirds of the Galápagos.

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Lantana camara

Lantana camara (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae), native to the American tropics.

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Medium tree finch

The medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper) is a critically endangered species of bird in the Darwin's finch group of the tanager family Thraupidae.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Scalesia pedunculata

Scalesia pedunculata is a flowering plant species in the family Asteraceae, growing to a slender tree (20m tall, DBH 20 cm), and found in dense stands on the humid windward coasts of the islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, Santiago and Floreana in the Galapagos Islands.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.

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University of Arizona

The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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See also

Volcanoes of the Galápagos Islands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro_Pajas