The Isla de Lobos is a small island located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast of Punta del Este (Uruguay) in the Atlantic Ocean.

[1] The island is an outcropping of rocks as a continuation of the Cuchilla Grande, in an area of the Atlantic Ocean immediately at the mouth (outer limit) of the estuary of Río de la Plata.

At 1250 meters (0,6 nmi) from the island is an uninhabited rock formation on which stands a votive chapel built in 1945 by German and Italian sailors fleeing Spain and surviving a disaster.

In particular, some inscriptions in German that would refer to 1945 (July 1945) and others in Italian that read "Grazie per la Finita Burrasca" suggest mixed Italian/German personnel escaped from some safe harbor in Spain and through a long sail, running out of fuel and food, landed on this rock after self-sinking the submarine that carried them.

[4] With its height of 59 meters above sea level,[5] From the balcony outside, which is accessed by 240 steps, there is a wonderful panoramic view of the island and the coast of Punta del Este.