Leper Graveyard
Leper Graveyard is a cemetery in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Leper Graveyard is situated nearby to Nelson Mandela’s vegetable garden, as well as near Nelson Mandela’s prison cell.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robben Island and 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.
Robben Island
Museum
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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 310 metres northwest of Leper Graveyard.
Church of the Good Shepherd, Robben Island
Church
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Church of the Good Shepherd, Robben Island is situated 460 metres southeast of Leper Graveyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bloubergstrand.
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.
Leper Graveyard
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.80225° or 33° 48′ 8″ southLongitude
18.37363° or 18° 22′ 25″ eastOpen location code
4FRW59XF+4FOpenStreetMap ID
way 659036671OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=grave_yardOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nelson Mandela’s vegetable garden and Nelson Mandela’s prison cell.
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