Top : Santa Cruz is known for sandy beaches and the tourist town of Puerto Ayora ; bottom left : The Galápagos giant tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise , the Archipelago itself being named after them ( Galapágo is an old Spanish word for tortoise ); bottom right : Marine iguanas , endemic to the Galapagos Archipelago , are the world ’ s only seagoing lizards , as well as the only lizard in the world with the ability to live and forage at sea .
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