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Floreana
Home » Ecuador » Galapagos Island Regions and Cities » FloreanaFloreana has had an interesting history. In the 1930's, strange events involving an erratic baroness, her three lovers, a doctor and his mistress, and a young couple of Cologne, have been ever since part of a murder and mystery story.
But Floreana offers much more then just that intriguing story. There are three sites on the north coast of Floreana. Post Office Bay has had a barrel that whalers and Galapagos residents use to leave their mail, waiting for a captain of any boat headed to where the mail was addressed to deliver it. Very close is a pleasant swimming beach.
At Punta Cormorant there is a greenish beach, do to the accumulation of olivine crystal mineral. There is a trail goes to a white sand beach which is a nesting area for Green Turtles, Stingrays and White-tipped reef sharks swimming where waves crash, being visible from the shore.
Devil's Crown is a half-submerged volcanic cone, considered to be one of the most outstanding marine sites of the Galapagos Islands.
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