Lobos Island

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Islote de Lobos or Lobos Island[1] is a small island of the Canary Islands located between the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. It has an area of 6 km². It has been nature reserve without permanent human population since 1982. The island is accessible to tourists via a short ferry ride from Fuerteventura, and it has day facilities and weekend homes of local fishermen. The local lighthouse was automated in 1968.

In 1405, Islote de Lobos served as resupply base for Jean de Béthencourt's conquest of Fuerteventura.

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Lobos Island small lagoon

Lobos Island Playa de la Concha, looking to Punta Saladero

Lobos Island interior

Lobos Island interior detail

Lobos Island desertification

  • Pott, Joachim; Hüppe, Joachim & de la Torre, Wofredo Wildpret (2003): Die Kanarischen Inseln. Natur- und Kulturlandschaften] [The Canary Islands. Natural and Cultural Landscapes]. Ulmer, Stuttgart. 320 S., 295 color photos, 28 colored graphica, 3 tables. (presented and illustrated by Geobotanik)

  1. ^ Literally translating as "Wolf Islet", the name means rather "Islet of the Mediterranean Monk Seals". As there are no wolves in the Canaries, the largest local carnivore was colloquially referred to as lobo marinero ("sea wolf", compare sea-"lion"). Unfortunately, these animals are extinct in the Canaries, but should the species increase in numbers, Islote de Lobos could be re-colonized from the extant Desertas Islands population.


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Coordinates: 28°45′N, 13°49′W

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