SANTA CRUZ ISLAND

also called Indefatigable Island, one of the Galpagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles (965 km) west of Ecuador. Circular in shape, it has an area of 389 square miles (1,007 square km), and a central volcanic crater rises to 2,300 feet (701 m). Puerto Ayora, on the southern coast, originally a colony of Scandinavians and Germans, has a harbour that can accommodate boats. Subsistence farming, fruit and sugarcane cultivation, and cattle raising are the basic activities. Known also as Chaves, its official Ecuadorian name is Isla Santa Cruz. Pop. (1982) 2,404.