[citation needed] The horse-shoe shaped island has a volcanic caldera whose wall has collapsed, forming the Great Darwin Bay, surrounded by cliffs.

Genovesa is Spanish for "Genovese", named after the Italian city of Genoa in honor of its native son Christopher Columbus.

Prince Philip's Steps is an extraordinary steep path that leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25 metres (82 feet) high.

At the top, the trail continues inland, passing more seabird colonies in a thin palo santo forest.

A note on the chart states that the island is “... situated agreeably to the reports of several Whalemen, and corresponds to the position in which it was seen by Lieut.