Robben Island Lighthouse

The Robben Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Robben Island in Table Bay near Cape Town.

Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in South Africa
Also known as: “Robbeneilandvuurtoring”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Robben Island and Garrison Church, Robben Island.

Robben Island

Photo: Rq88187, Public domain.

Robben Island is in the Western Cape of South Africa, approximately 7 km off the coast and 12 km from Cape Town harbour. This island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Garrison Church, Robben Island

Church

Photo: Michaelchfu, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Garrison Church, Robben Island is situated 600 metres northeast of Robben Island Lighthouse.

Robben Island Prison is an inactive prison on Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. Nobel Laureate and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years he served behind bars before the fall of apartheid. Robben Island is situated 1½ km north of Robben Island Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bloubergstrand and Mouille Point.

Bloubergstrand

Photo: Leo za1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bloubergstrand is a coastal town in the Western Cape just north of Cape Town. It attracts large numbers of visitors especially kitesurf enthusiasts. The beach at Bloubergstrand is a popular location for a classic view of Table Mountain across the bay and is one of the world's top kitesurf destinations.

Mouille Point

Suburb

Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mouille Point is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, situated in the Atlantic Seaboard, between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west. Mouille Point is situated 10 km south of Robben Island Lighthouse.

Robben Island Lighthouse

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.81468° or 33° 48′ 53″ south

Longitude

18.37408° or 18° 22′ 27″ east

Elevation

28 metres (92 feet)

Open location code

4FRW59PF+4J

GeoNames ID

11789827

Wikidata ID

Q3643705

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Robben Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Robbeneiland-vuurtoring”
Afrikaans: “Robbeneilandvuurtoring”
French: “phare de l’île Robben”
French: “Phare de l’île Robben”
Hebrew: “מגדלור האי רובן”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Robben Island fyr”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Robbeneilandfyr”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Robbeneilandvuurtoring”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Robbeneilandvuurtoring”
Norwegian: “Robben Island fyr”

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