It is 6.9Kms west off the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa and the name is Dutch for Seal Island
Robben Island i famous because Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his 27 year prison sentence on the island. The island has been used since the 17th century as a place to isolate political prisoners.
because it is where Nelson Mandela, our former president of SA was imprisoned and all other political prisioners were imprisioned in that island.
The value of a silver 1 kg Mandela Robin Island Bailey would be a little over US$2000.
Mnemba Island is located at the tip of Zanzibar and is located at the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is a privately owned island where visitors must be guests of the Mnemba Island Lodge. The lodge allows a maximum of 20 visitors at a time.
There are no deserts in Rhode Island.
Prison
...the prison is on the island.
Robben Island
Robben Island is South Africa's most secure prison.
Robben Island was named a World Heritage site in 1999.
If German in origin it means "island of the seals", as Robben is plural for seal..
Robben Island is Dutch for "Seal Island". Obviously you see seals there. In this case the Cape Fur seal.
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Robben Island is about 5 miles (8 km) offshore of Capetown, South Africa
because there are seals there
it is a prison