Seal Island
Seal Island is a small land mass located 5.7 kilometres off the northern beaches of False Bay, near Cape Town in South Africa. The island is so named because of the great number of Cape fur seals that occupy it.Photo: Tintazul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in False Bay in Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Seal” and “Seal Island, South Africa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocklands and Tafelsig.
Rocklands
Suburb
Rocklands is a neighborhood in the southwestern corner of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Rocklands is situated 8 km north of Seal Island.
Tafelsig
Suburb
Tafelsig is a neighbourhood in the south eastern corner of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Tafelsig is situated 10 km northeast of Seal Island.
Seal Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.13715° or 34° 8′ 14″ southLongitude
18.58263° or 18° 34′ 58″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
4FQWVH7M+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 3829886OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3361714Wikidata ID
Q1705655
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Seal Island” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Robeiland, Valsbaai”
- Afrikaans: “Robeiland”
- Arabic: “جزيرة الفقمة”
- Cebuano: “Seal Island”
- Chinese: “海豹岛”
- Chinese: “海豹島”
- Croatian: “Otok tuljana”
- Dutch: “Seal Island, South Africa”
- German: “Seal Island”
- Hebrew: “סיל איילנד”
- Italian: “Seal Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Seal Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Seløya”
- Norwegian: “Seløya”
- Portuguese: “Ilha das Focas”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Seal”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Тюленів (Південно-Африканська Республіка)”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Тюленів”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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