Robben Island

E23909

former prison historic site island

Robben Island is a historic island off the coast of Cape Town best known for housing the prison where Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists were incarcerated.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Robben Island canonical	26
Robben Island Museum	4
Robben Island (distant view)	1
Robben Island ferry terminal	1
Robben Island prison	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former prison ⓘ historic site ⓘ island ⓘ
access	ferry from Cape Town ⓘ
area	about 5.07 square kilometers ⓘ
contains	Robben Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robben Island Museum former maximum security prison ⓘ quarry where prisoners performed hard labor ⓘ village and administrative buildings ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
distanceFromCapeTown	about 6.9 kilometers ⓘ
elevation	about 30 meters ⓘ
governingBody	Robben Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robben Island Museum
harbor	Murray’s Bay Harbour ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Heritage Site of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African National Heritage Site
historicalUse	leper colony ⓘ lunatic asylum ⓘ military base ⓘ place of banishment ⓘ
knownFor	imprisonment of Nelson Mandela ⓘ imprisonment of anti-apartheid activists ⓘ maximum security prison for political prisoners during apartheid ⓘ
length	about 3.3 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Table Bay ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Cape Town ⓘ
MandelaImprisonmentPeriod	1964–1982 ⓘ
militaryBaseClosed	1996 ⓘ
museumEstablished	1997 ⓘ
namedAfter	Dutch word "robbe" meaning seal ⓘ
notablePrisoner	Ahmed Kathrada ⓘ Govan Mbeki ⓘ Jacob Zuma ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Robert Sobukwe ⓘ Walter Sisulu ⓘ
partOf	City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ
prisonClosed	1991 ⓘ
recognizedAsSymbolOf	triumph of democracy and freedom over oppression ⓘ
timeZone	Central Africa Time ⓘ surface form: South African Standard Time
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1999 ⓘ
usedAsMaximumSecurityPrisonForPoliticalPrisoners	1961–1991 ⓘ
usedAsPrison	17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
width	about 1.9 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Robben Island ⓘ

Nelson Mandela → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

Table Bay → hasIsland → Robben Island ⓘ

Table Bay → near → Robben Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island Museum

Robben Island → governingBody → Robben Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island Museum

Robben Island → contains → Robben Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island Museum

Cape Town → hasLandmark → Robben Island ⓘ

Cape Town → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSiteNearby → Robben Island ⓘ

Conversations with Myself → subject → Robben Island ⓘ

Ahmed Kathrada → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Africa → hasComponentSite → Robben Island ⓘ

City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality → administers → Robben Island ⓘ

V&A Waterfront → hasTransportConnection → Robben Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island ferry terminal

Lion's Head → offersViewOf → Robben Island ⓘ

Signal Hill → hasView → Robben Island ⓘ

Walter Sisulu → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

Murray’s Bay Harbour → locatedOn → Robben Island ⓘ

Murray’s Bay Harbour → serves → Robben Island ⓘ

Murray’s Bay Harbour → mainAccessPointFor → Robben Island ⓘ

Murray’s Bay Harbour → associatedWith → Robben Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island Museum

Murray’s Bay Harbour → associatedWith → Robben Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island prison

Govan Mbeki → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

Robert Sobukwe → imprisonedAt → Robben Island ⓘ

Jacob Zuma → wasImprisoned → Robben Island ⓘ

Goodbye Bafana → mainSubject → Robben Island ⓘ

Goodbye Bafana → narrativeLocation → Robben Island ⓘ

Raymond Mhlaba → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

Elias Motsoaledi → imprisonedAt → Robben Island ⓘ

Andrew Mlangeni → placeOfDetention → Robben Island ⓘ

Mouille Point → overlooks → Robben Island ⓘ

this entity surface form: Robben Island (distant view)

Bloubergstrand → hasViewOf → Robben Island ⓘ

Sunset Beach → hasView → Robben Island ⓘ

Table View beach → viewOf → Robben Island ⓘ

subject surface form: Table View Beach