Pinnacle Rock (Galápagos)
Rock formation on Bartolomé Island, Ecuador / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pinnacle Rock (Spanish: Roca del Pináculo) is a celebrated volcanic plug on Bartolomé Island, one of Ecuador's Galápagos Islands.[1][2] It is beside Sulivan Bay, part of a channel that separates Bartolomé from nearby Santiago Island. The rock is part of a now largely eroded volcanic dike that once connected the two islands. Several endemic species of lichen in the genus Ramalina have been found on Pinnacle Rock.[3]
Travel writers describe the rock as one of the most spectacular views in the Islands.[1][4][5][6][7] A colony of penguins makes its home at the foot of the rock.[8] Tourists dive in scenic reefs offshore of the rock.