St Paul's Rocks
St Paul's Rocks
(sometimes
St Peter and St Paul Rocks
) are a number of small
islets
lying in the
Atlantic Ocean
about 1 degree north of the
equator
and over 500 km from the nearest land, where the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
rises above the waterline. The rocks, with a total area of less than 2 hectares, are inhabited by
sea birds
,
insects
and
spiders
, but have never been inhabited by humans. They are claimed by
Brazil
. On the morning of
February 16
,
1832
the rocks were visited by
Charles Darwin
on the first leg of his
voyage of the HMS Beagle
around the world.
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