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.Notable Places in the Area
Church of the Good Shepherd
Tourist attraction
Church of the Good Shepherd is situated 740 meters east of Robben Island. Photo: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Robben Island
- Type: Island
- Location: Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- Population: 116
- Latitude: -33.8064° or 33° 48' 23.1" south
- Longitude: 18.3688° or 18° 22' 7.5" east
- Elevation: 17 meters (56 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 3362356
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Robbeneiland
- Arabic: جزيرة روبن
- Armenian: Ռոբեն Այլենդ
- Asturian: Isla Robben
- Basque: Robben Uhartea
- Belarusian: Востраў Робэна
- Bengali: রোবেন দ্বীপ
- Catalan: Robben Island
- Cebuano: Robben Island
- Chinese: 罗本岛
- Chinese: 羅本島
- Croatian: Otok Robben
- Czech: Robben Island
- Danish: Robben Island
- Dutch: Robbeneiland
- Esperanto: Insulo Robben
- Finnish: Robben Island
- French: Robben Island
- Galician: Illa Robben
- Georgian: რობენი
- German: Robben Island
- Greek: Νήσος Ρόμπεν
- Hebrew: רובן איילנד
- Hindi: रोबेन द्वीप
- Hungarian: Robben-sziget
- Icelandic: Robben-eyja
- Indonesian: Pulau Robben
- Italian: Robben Island
- Japanese: ロベン島
- Korean: 로벤 섬
- Korean: 로벤섬
- Latvian: Robena
- Luxembourgish: Robben Island
- Maithili: रोब्बेन टापु
- Malay: Pulau Robben
- Malayalam: റോബൻ ദ്വീപ്
- Nepali: रोब्बेन टापु
- Norwegian Bokmål: Robben Island
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Robben Island
- Occitan (post 1500): Robben Island
- Persian: جزیره رابن
- Persian: جزیره روبن
- Polish: Robbeneiland
- Portuguese: Ilha Robben
- Romanian: Robben
- Russian: Роббенэйланд
- Scots: Robben Island
- Serbo-Croatian: Otok Robben
- Slovak: Robben Island
- Spanish: Isla Robben
- Swahili: Robben Island
- Swedish: Robben Island
- Tamil: ராபன் தீவு
- Thai: เกาะโรบเบิน
- Turkish: Robben Adası
- Ukrainian: Роббенайланд
- Vietnamese: Đảo Robben
- Welsh: Ynys Robben
- Western Frisian: Robbeneilân
- Xhosa: Robben island
- Yoruba: Erékùṣù Robben
In the Area
Localities
- Waters Edge EstateNeighborhood, 8 km east
- BloubergstrandSuburb, 9 km east
- Dune Ridge Estate 1 & 2Neighborhood, 9 km east
- BloubergrantSuburb, 10 km east
- Breckenridge VillageLocality, 10 km east
- Wentworth VillageNeighborhood, 10 km east
Notable Places
- OK MinimarkSupermarket, 10 km east
- Jerry's craft and burgerRestaurant, 10 km east
- WEST COAST CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSchool, 11 km east
- Green Point LighthouseBuilding, 11 km south
- Cape Town StadiumStadium, 11 km south
- Green Point Athletics StadiumStadium, 12 km south
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. - Lǎozǐ
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