Lobos Island
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Islote de Lobos or Lobos Island[1] is an island of the Canary Islands.
It is located offshore Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. Its area is 6 km², and is a nature reserve without permanent human population since 1982. The island is accessible to tourists via ferry, and there exist some 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.
[edit] References
- 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)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ 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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