Robben Island
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.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
Notable Places in the Area
Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island
Museum
Maximum Security Prison is an inactive prison at Robben Island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Table Bay, South Africa
- Categories: prison island and landform
- Location: Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
Robben Island
Latitude
-33.8064° or 33° 48' 23" southLongitude
18.3688° or 18° 22' 8" eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open Location Code
4FRW59V9+CGGeoNames ID
3362356Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Robben-eiland
- Afrikaans: Robbeneiland
- Afrikaans: Robben eiland
- Arabic: جزيرة روبن
- Arabic: جزيرة روبن ايلاند
- Armenian: Ռոբեն Այլենդ
- Asturian; Bable: Isla Robben
- Asturian; Bable: Islla Robben
- Avaric: Robben Ewala
- Basque: Robben Uhartea
- Basque: Robben uhartea
- Belarusian: Востраў Робэна
- Bengali: রোবেন দ্বীপ
- Catalan: Robben Island
- Catalan: illa de Robben
- Cebuano: Robben Island
- Chinese: 罗本岛
- Chinese: 羅本島
- Croatian: Otok Robben
- Croatian: Robben Island
- Czech: Robben Island
- Danish: Robben Island
- Dutch: Robben Eiland
- Dutch: Robben Island
- Dutch: Robbeneiland
- English: Robbeneiland
- Esperanto: Insulo Robben
- Finnish: Robben Island
- French: Robben Island
- Frisian: Robbe-eilân
- Frisian: Robbeneilân
- Gallegan: Illa Robben
- Georgian: რობენი
- German: Robben Island
- German: Robbeneiland
- Greek: Νήσος Ρόμπεν
- Hebrew: רובן
- Hebrew: רובן איילנד
- Hindi: रॉबेन द्वीप
- Hindi: रोबेन द्वीप
- Hungarian: Robben-sziget
- Icelandic: Robben-eyja
- Indonesian: Pulau Robben
- Italian: Robben Island
- Japanese: ロッベン島
- Japanese: ロベン島
- Japanese: ロベン監獄島
- Korean: 로벤 섬
- Korean: 로벤섬
- Korean: 로빈 섬
- Korean: 로빈 아일랜드
- Latvian: Robena
- Letzeburgesch: Robben Island
- Maithili: रोब्बेन टापु
- Malay (generic): Pulau Robben
- Malayalam: റോബൻ ദ്വീപ്
- Nepali: रोब्बेन टापु
- Norwegian: Robben Island
- Norwegian Bokmål: Robben Island
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Robben Island
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Robben Island
- Persian: جزیره رابن
- Persian: جزیره روبن
- Persian: جزیرهٔ رابن
- Polish: Robben
- Polish: Robben Island
- Polish: Robbeneiland
- Polish: Wyspa Robben
- Portuguese: Ilha Robben
- Portuguese: Ilha de Robben
- Portuguese: Robben
- Portuguese: Robben island
- Romanian: Insula Robben
- Romanian: Robben
- Russian: Остров Роббен-Айленд
- Russian: Остров Роббен
- Russian: Роббен-Айленд
- Russian: Роббен
- Russian: Роббенэйланд
- Serbo-Croatian: Otok Robben
- Serbo-Croatian: Robben
- Slovak: Robben Island
- Spanish: Isla Robben
- Spanish: Robben Island
- Swahili (generic): Robben Island
- Swedish: Robben Island
- Tamil: ராபன் தீவு
- Thai: เกาะร็อบเบน
- Thai: เกาะโรบเบิน
- Turkish: Robben Adası
- Ukrainian: Роббенайланд
- Vietnamese: Đảo Robben
- Welsh: Ynys Robben
- Wu Chinese: 罗本岛
- Xhosa: Robben Island
- Xhosa: Robben island
- Yoruba: Erékùṣù Robben
- Yoruba: Robben Island
Other Places Named Robben Island
- Robben IslandIsland in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
- Robben IslandApartment in Lower Saxony, Germany
In the Area
Localities
- KalkoondLocality
- Big BayLocality
- Bloubergstrand
- West BeachLocality
Landmarks
- Robben Island MuseumMuseum
- Robben IslandAerodrome
- Minto HillHill
- Murray’s BayBay
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