Santiago Island (North) Cup
Santiago Island may refer to: *Isla Santiago (Baja California Sur) * Santiago Island (Cape Verde) *Santiago Island (Galápagos) *Santiago Island (Philippines) Santiago Island is an island located off the northeast coast of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is composed of six barangays namely Binabalian, Goyoden, Lucero, Pilar, Salud, and Victory, all within the municipality of Bo ...

Isla Santiago (Baja California Sur)
Isla Santiago, is an island in the Gulf of California, east of the Baja California Peninsula in Baja California Sur state. The uninhabited island is within Loreto Municipality. Biology Isla Santiago has only one species of reptile Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ..., the desert iguana ('' Dipsosaurus dorsalis''). References Further reading * Islands of Baja California Sur Islands of the Gulf of California Loreto Municipality (Baja California Sur) Uninhabited islands of Mexico {{BajaCaliforniaSur-geo-stub ...
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Santiago, Cape Verde
Santiago (Portuguese language, Portuguese for “James, son of Zebedee, Saint James”) is the largest island of Cape Verde, its most important agricultural centre and home to half the nation's population. Part of the Sotavento Islands, it lies between the islands of Maio, Cape Verde, Maio ( to the east) and Fogo, Cape Verde, Fogo ( to the west). It was the first of the islands to be settled: the town of Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha and a UNESCO World Heritage Site) was founded in 1462. Santiago is home to the nation's capital city of Praia. History The eastern side of the nearby island of Fogo, Cape Verde, Fogo collapsed into the ocean 73,000 years ago, creating a tsunami high which struck Santiago. In 1460, António de Noli became the first to visit the island. Da Noli settled at ''Ribeira Grande'' (now Cidade Velha) with his family members and Portuguese from Algarve and Alentejo in 1462.
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Santiago Island (Galápagos)
Santiago Island is one of the Galápagos Islands. The island, which consists of two overlapping volcanoes, has an area of and a maximum altitude of , atop the northwestern shield volcano. The volcano in the island's southeast erupted along a linear fissure and is much lower. The oldest lava flows on the island date back to 750,000 years ago. Names The original Spanish name was San Marcos Island ( or ), honoring Saint Mark the Evangelist. In 1892, as part of Ecuador's celebration of the quadricentennial of Columbus's first voyage, it was renamed Salvador or San Salvador Island () after the first island Columbus reached. Isabela and Fernandina were similarly renamed for the third and fourth islands. The present name ''Santiago'' () is the Spanish name of Saint James and a major center of pilgrimage in northern Spain. In English, the island has also been known as Duke of York's Island, King James's Island, and James Island, all in honor of King JamesII of England a ...
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