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How many of these islands are still forming?

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“Set 1000 kilometres off the coast of Ecuador on a three-way tectonic plate junction, the Galapagos Islands are made up of 13 major islands, 6 minor islands and 40 islets in the Pacific Ocean, which are the result of numerous volcanic eruptions – including 13 in the last 100 years.”
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