224 ALLAN HANCOCK PACIFIC EXPEDITIONS VOL. 1 



Indefatigable Island is the central island of the archipelago, 10 miles 

 from James, 10 miles from Barrington, 15 miles from Albemarle, and 

 27 miles from Charles. It is the second largest island in the group, some- 

 what rectangular, 23 miles from east to west, 18 miles from north to 

 south, with an additional narrow projection extending northward 5 miles 

 toward South Seymour Island. It has but one important elevation, near 

 the center, 2,296 feet. The smaller cones are not very numerous. The 

 slope in the upper part is more rapid, but there is a flattening in all direc- 

 tions toward the coast. The lower portions are arid, of the regular 

 Galapagos type; but on the steeper parts of the slopes, although it does 

 not reach the summit, there is much greener vegetation. 



There is little sandy beach, or beach of any kind; almost all of the 

 shore is rugged and rocky. There are two bays, Conway Bay to the north- 

 west and Academy Bay near the center of the south shore. Of the islands 

 lying off the coast, the largest is Duncan (Pinzon), 6 miles to the west- 

 ward. It is somewhat ellipsoidal, 3 miles by 2 miles, with a height of 1,300 

 feet, with dense, almost impenetrable vegetation. It has been a prominent 

 feature in several expeditions, largely because of the extensive and inten- 

 sive galapago hunting that has taken place. Now the Duncan Island 

 species is almost, if not entirely, extinct. Some inland collecting has been 

 done here and some coral masses have been obtained. 



North Seymour and South Seymour islands with the Daphne group 

 will be considered later. 



Eden Island lies at the southwestern entrance to Conway Bay, and 

 Gordon Rocks lie l 1 /^ miles east of the eastern point of the island. 



In the Conway Bay region there are shore stations on the mud flats 

 of Eden Island, on the rocks of the main island shore near by, and near 

 the northern entrance to the bay; a dipping station at the anchorage; and 

 one dredging station in 8 fathoms, sand, near the center of the bay. There 

 are several stations in the vicinity of Academy Bay, some shore stations 

 on the north shore of the bay, at the landing and east of it; electric light 

 stations at the anchorage; dredging stations, well inshore in 8 to 12 

 fathoms and farther out in 15 to 25 fathoms (where algae are unusually 

 abundant for the Galapagos). There are a coral mass station at the shore 

 at Gordon Rocks and three dredging stations not far away, in 20-45 fath- 

 oms, rock. There is one deep station, 15 miles east of Gordon Rocks, in 

 392 fathoms, sand. 



Mention has been made of the slender northward extension of In- 

 defatigable Island. This projection reaches out past the boundary of the 



