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Robben Island

Also known as Robbeneiland

island in Table Bay, South Africa

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Robben Island is a small island located in Table Bay off the coast of South Africa. It is historically significant as the site where Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners were imprisoned during South Africa's apartheid era.

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Robben Island appears in Vinony's UNESCO World Heritage collection — one of 3,384 entries.

Vinony's link graph records 1,156 inbound references to Robben Island, and connects out to Woodhead Dam, City of Cape Town and Cape Town.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ZA.

It is catalogued under topics including Atlantic islands of South Africa, Nature reserves and Nelson Mandela.

Official website

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Named after: Brown Fur Seal
Country: South Africa
Located in: City of Cape Town
Area: 475
Elevation: 17
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Atlantic Ocean
Official website: www.robben-island.org.za
Image: Robben Island-113362.jpg
Width: 1.3
Length: 3.2
Has use: prison

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Commons category: Robben Island
topic's main category: Category:Robben Island
heritage designation: World Heritage Site
Commons gallery: Robben Island
postal code: 7400
native label: Robbeneiland
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Encyclopedic overview

Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the archaic Dutch word for seals (robben), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland, which translates to Seal(s) Island.

Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, 3.3 kilometres (2 miles) long north–south, and 1.9 km (1+1⁄8 mi) wide, with an area of 5.08 km (1+31⁄32 sq mi). It is flat and only a few metres above sea level, as a result of an ancient erosion event. It was fortified and used as a prison from the late-seventeenth century until 1996, after the end of apartheid.

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