Wolf vent on Isabela Island , Galapagos , has erupt for the first time since 1982 . The island ’s alone pink iguanas could be endangered as a issue .
TheTwitter account of the Galapagos Islands National Parkis provide a steady string of awe - inspiring image and picture since the eruption started on Monday .
Isabela is the largest island in the Galapagos , measure 4,640 km2(1800 sq miles ) . Wolf sits near its northern tip and is cross by the equator .
Like the other Galapagos Islands , Isabela is volcanic , formed from the fusion of six large shield vent . eruption are frequent , with the Sierra Negra vent erupting an average of once a ten since 1948 , most recently in 2005 . However , Wolf has been quiet long enough that its slopes have become a safe haven for local wildlife .
Wolf isthe Galapagos ' high peakat 1700 meters ( 5,577 fundament ) above sea degree . This has made it something of a hotspot for strange animals , even by the Galapagos’extraordinarily high criterion for vertebrate biodiversity .
The pinkish land iguana ( Conolophus marthae ) wasonly identified as a new species in 2009 , and is thought to have been the first of the Galapagos ' singular collection of iguana to separate from its mainland congenator after the formation of the island . Indeed the species emerged before any of the currently exist island of the archipelago . Less than 200 adults were found in a 2012 sketch , occupying a range of less than 10km2 .
luckily , so far the lava is flowing to thesouth side of the vent , while the most endangered species populate on Wolf ’s northerly slopes , includingthe iguanaand asubspecies of Galapagos tortoisesunique to the area . However , the iguanas congregate towards the volcanic crater of the volcano from May - July , bring them uncomfortably tight to the eruption .
More than 2000 masses survive on Isabela Island , but most are at the southerly end , safely off from the latest eruption .
Credit : Parque Nacional Galapagos
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