Park rangers found that the material from the Wolf volcano is heading south, so it does not affect species of turtles and iguanas on Isabela Island.
The living area of the pink iguanas, unique in the world, is far from the area of eruption and the impact of wolf volcano, which began an eruptive process in the early morning of this Friday, January 7, 2022 in Galapagos after seven years of relative calm.
This was reported by the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park (GNPD) in a statement in which it pointed out that for this reason “it is not considered adopting additional measures to” protect them.
The Wolf volcano eruption, in the north of Isabela Island, it was witnessed by park rangers who were near the area carrying out different activities to manage the protected area, as well as tour operators who were navigating the surroundings.
Danny Rueda, director of the PNG, pointed out that in their overflight this Friday they found that the lava flow is heading south of the crater of the wolf volcano.
«This means that our emblematic populations such as turtles, iguanas terrestrial and mainly the pink iguanaThey are out of the lava flow that could affect their population in any way.
Fissure
According to the Geophysical Institute, it is a fissure south of the volcano where the magma is coming out in the same direction, towards the interior of the island, for now, says the writing.
The columns of smoke and ash reach several thousand meters in height (between 1,900 and 3,800 meters) and are directed towards the north of the island, where there is no human population at risk.
As a precaution, early this Friday (January 7), the GNPD and the organization Galapagos Conservancy mobilized eight people, including park rangers and scientists, who were in the wolf volcano executing a field work with the pink iguanas.
The Environmental Authority will maintain permanent monitoring of the event to record the changes that occur in the ecosystem as a result of this eruptive process.
“The Galapagos Islands are in constant formation, volcanic eruptions are one of the greatest attractions that it has, because it allows us to experience the power of nature up close “said the Minister of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, Gustavo Manrique, who is in the archipelago fulfilling work agenda.
The first record of a volcano eruption was in 1797.
The Wolf is the volcano highest in the archipelago, with 1,707 meters above sea level and one of the five active volcanoes that Isabela Island has, along with Sierra Negra, Cerro Azul, Alcedo and Darwin.
The wolf volcano It is not located near inhabited area. EFE
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