Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay indents the western coast of Isabela, the largest island of the Galápagos. Mangroves fringe its sheltered waters, providing resting and feeding places for sea turtles among volcanic shores. Offshore, cold, nutrient-rich water rises toward the surface, supporting fish and the birds and marine mammals that feed on them. The bay belongs to a volcanic archipelago far from the South American mainland, where ocean currents meet and sustain a distinctive island ecology.