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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 Dutch word for seals ( robben ), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland , which translates to Seal(s) Island .
It was completed in January 1865 and is located on the highest part of Robben Island, Mintoheuwel. Before the construction of the lighthouse, fires were made on the hill to warn sailors of the island's location and the hill was then also known as Vuurberg.
Theatre on the Bay is a theatre in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Pieter Toerien converted the building into a theatre in the 1980s. It opened in December 1988 with a production of Dan Goggin's Nunsense.
Robben Island (prison) 0–9. 1620 Robben Island earthquake; R. Robben Island Lighthouse This page was last edited on 7 June 2020, at 02:51 (UTC). Text is available ...
The MPA is an offshore and inshore protected area adjacent to the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area in the Western Cape. Its boundaries are: [3] Northern boundary: S33°45’, E18°0’ to S33°45’, E18°24’
The second time that Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island was in 1964, and he was the 466th prisoner that year. [1] His prison number remained 466/64 until 1982, when he was transferred to Pollsmoor Prison and given the prison number 220/82. [2] "Prisoner 46664" continues to be used as a reverential title for him.
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