RABIDA ISLAND

also called Jervis Island, one of the Galpagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. The island has an area of about 1 square mile (3 square km) and is studded with several small volcanic craters. Originally named for the 18th-century British admiral John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent, the island's official Ecuadorian name is Isla Rbida. Rbida has a lagoon and a flamingo rookery but no human population.