🏛️ Robben Island

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Robben Island is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometers (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).

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Robben Island is a cultural World Heritage site in South Africa, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Robben Island was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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