Robben Island Lighthouse
The Robben Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Robben Island in Table Bay near Cape Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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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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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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Robben Island Lighthouse”. Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.