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Your Guide to Robben Island - Cape Town Tourism
Robben Island, the place where former South African president Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27-year incarceration, is a bucket list experience for tourists visiting Cape Town. The island is home to fascinating history and boasts some of the most scenic views of Table Mountain.
Robben Island - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Robben Island. Description. Maps. Documents. Gallery. Video. Indicators. Assistance. Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base.
Robben Island - Wikipedia
Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals ( robben ), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland , which translates to Seal(s) Island .
Robben Island (prison) - Wikipedia
Robben Island, Cape Town: Coordinates: Status: Inactive: Security class: Maximum-minimum: Opened: 1961: Closed: 2011: Managed by: South African government: City: Cape Town: Postal code: 7400: Country: South Africa: Website: robben-island.org.za: Notable prisoners; Nelson Mandela, Kgalema Motlanthe, Jacob Zuma
Robben Island | South African History Online
Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and stands some 30m above sea level. Robben Island has been used as prison and a place where people were isolated, banished and exiled to for nearly 400 years. It was also used as a post office, a grazing ground, a mental hospital and an outpost.
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