Española Island (
Spanish:
Isla Española) is part of the
Galápagos Islands. The English named it
Hood Island after
Viscount Samuel Hood. It is located in the extreme southeast of the archipelago and is considered, along with
Santa Fe, one of the oldest, at approximately four million years. A popular tourist stop, Isla Española is the most southerly island in the Galápagos Archipelago. The climate is very dry, like most of the Archipelago. But due to the flatness of the island, it is the driest of these islands, with only a few inches of rain per year.