Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands were a group of islands near Ecuador. (AUDIO: Bloodtide)

History
Millions of years BC, a Silurian city existed beneath the islands, and around this time they went into hibernation.

The islands served as a Penal colony for political prisoners from Ecuador in the 19th century.

The Silurian colony beneath the islands was revived during Charles Darwin's visit in 1835. (AUDIO: Bloodtide) In reference to this adventure, the Sixth Doctor would later joke to Melanie Bush that he "should have left Evelyn Smythe on the Galapágos. Saved us all a lot of bother." (PROSE: Instruments of Darkness)

Alternate Universe
In an alternate universe, the Valeyard and Ellie Martin visited the Galapagos Islands shortly after the Silurians went into hibernation and woke them up. They then showed them that the Moon wouldn't crash into Earth, leaving the Silurians to continue being the dominant species on Earth. (AUDIO: He Jests at Scars...)

Behind the scenes
DWU authors have spelled the name of these islands inconsistently. They have sometimes used the real world Spanish spelling — Galápagos — or the real world, accentless English spelling. And sometimes they've incorrectly placed the accent over the final a.