El Edén Island or Eden Island is an islet in the Pacific Ocean located northeast of and very close to Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos Islands archipelago , east of the South American country of Ecuador . To the south of the islet is Ballena Bay, Pinzón Channel and Pinzón Island, while to the north are San Salvador Channel and Santiago Island. It has an area of ??about 23 hectares, 2 with a maximum elevation of 71 meters, 600 meters in diameter 3 and 8 species of turtles.