Darwin Island

Darwin Island is one of the smallest islands in the Galápagos Archipelago, named for Charles Darwin because of his signifigant scientific discoveries in the Galápagos. Charles Darwin, originally from Shrewsbury, England, voyaged to the Galápagos Islands on the H.M.S. Beagle in the year 1831, where he invesigated both the geology and zoology of the area until the year 1836. Darwin journeled his findings of fossils, diversity of the land around him and the variation of species in the area throughout the five years he was exploring South America and the surrounding area.