The Galapagos islands are of the western coast of which continent ?

Question

What is the world's longest mountain range, that lies as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America?

Answer 1

The islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km (605 mi) off the west coast of South America.
The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926 km/500 nmi to the east.