James (San Salvador Island) Santiago

Santiago is the fourth largest island in the Galápagos and one of the most volcanically active. Like San Cristóbal, Santiago is two coalesced volcanoes.Of interest in the northwest of the island is a young pahoehoe flow which can be seen at James Bay. In 1835 Darwin found pieces of a quince marmalade jar, manufactured in 1684, in the lava flow. The marmalade had been left by buccaneers and was overrun by the flow, indicating an eruption sometime between 1684 and 1835. The flow is often called "Marmalade Pot Flow".Another interesting area of the island is Sullivan Bay, in the southeast of the island. A large palagonite cone called Cerro Inn is the main attraction.Near the shore can often be seen lava lizards, marine iguanas, sally light-foot crabs, Galápagos penguins, blue-footed boobies, and lava heron. The vegetation on the interior of the island has been destroyed by the 50,000 or more feral goats. They were introduced to the island in 1813, at which time four escaped from captivity.