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Genovesa Island

13.8 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

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Genovesa Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
N 0.5 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

13.8km²

Area

24km

Coastline

64m

Highest point

0

People

27°C

Warmest sea

March

1,016km

To the mainland

When to go to Genovesa Island

Best for the beach from June to August and from October to November.

The sea is warmest in March (27 °C) and coolest in August (23 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Galapagos Archipelago in Ecuador

Genovesa Island is an volcanic island in Ecuador. It belongs to Galapagos Islands. It covers 13.8 km², with 24 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 64 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 1,016 km away. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Genovesa Island.

  • 1beachesPlaya Darwin
  • 1volcanoesGenovesa

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

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Genovesa Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Genovesa Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 1beachCoastya

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    26.9°C

    Playa Darwin

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Playa Darwin26.9°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 41 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 70 %0–50 m
  • 30 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Genovesa Island14 km²
Capri10 km²
Manhattan54 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)252626262524242323232424
Night low (°C)252626252424232222222324
Sea (°C)252727262524242324242424
Rain (mm)3445293824106699917
Wet days11139863112225
Sun h/day7.88.49.48.78.47.56.55.75.36.56.77.2
Wind (km/h)151210121618202021201918

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.7+0.5−0.1+1.3−0.5−0.6−1.6−1.4−0.3−0.2+0.4−0.5
2021−0.3−0.4±0.0−1.3+0.1+0.3+1.2+0.8+0.3+0.7−0.8−1.6
2022−1.4−1.1+0.2−0.8−1.1−1.0+0.6+0.4−0.5−0.9−1.1−0.6
2023−0.9+0.7+0.8+2.4+2.3+3.2+3.2+3.0+2.2+2.0+2.2+2.0
2024+1.2+1.0+1.0−0.4−1.5−1.1−0.4−0.6+0.4+0.5+1.3+0.1
2025+0.3+0.6+1.3+1.2+0.1+1.4+0.9+0.1−1.1±0.0−0.3−0.9

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Genovesa ground finch 2025-08-31 (54873213829)
Enoch Leung from Canada · CC BY-SA 4.0
Booby nesting area on Genovesa Island (Tower Island) Galapagos - panoramio
David Broad · CC BY 3.0
Isla Genovesa, Booby sanctuary, Tower Island, Galapagos - panoramio
David Broad · CC BY 3.0
Genovesa ground finch 2025-08-31 (54873213744)
Enoch Leung from Canada · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Marchena IslandEcuadorEcuador131 km²343 m60 km awayPinta IslandEcuadorEcuador60 km²780 m93 km awaySanta Cruz IslandEcuadorEcuador988 km²864 m117 km awayBaltra IslandEcuadorEcuador25 km²37 m93 km awaySantiago IslandEcuadorEcuador579 km²920 m105 km awayBartolomé IslandEcuadorEcuador1.3 km²67 m95 km awaySan Cristóbal IslandEcuadorEcuador561 km²759 m140 km awayRábida IslandEcuadorEcuador5.0 km²367 m117 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q181515) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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