Robben Island
South Africa
Robben Island has 38 documented cultural connections to places around the world. Below are 12 of the most distinctive.
East Indiaman
Connects Robben Island to: Zambales
Ahmed Kathrada
Connects Robben Island to: North West (South African province) | The Gardens, Johannesburg
Kgalema Motlanthe
Connects Robben Island to: Cape Town, South Africa | Meadowlands, Gauteng
South African Navy
Connects Robben Island to: Durban, South Africa | Simon's Town
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Connects Robben Island to: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka | Sint Eustatius, Netherlands | Padang, Indonesia
African penguin
Connects Robben Island to: Cape Town, South Africa | Gansbaai | Kish Island, Iran
Caledon, Western Cape
Connects Robben Island to: Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, South Africa | Hermanus | Overberg District Municipality, South Africa | Botrivier
Pillbox (military)
Connects Robben Island to: East Anglia | Mellieħa | Luk Keng (North District), North District | Kriukivshchyna, Ukraine
Dutch Cape Colony
Connects Robben Island to: Durban, South Africa | Tokai, Cape Town | Uitenhage | Bloubergstrand | Newlands, Cape Town
President of South Africa
Connects Robben Island to: South Africa | Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa | Nkandla Local Municipality, South Africa | Genadendal | Mandela, Massachusetts
living museum
Connects Robben Island to: East Hampton, New York | Williamsburg, Virginia | North York, Ontario | Midland, Ontario | Sturbridge, Massachusetts
clipper
Connects Robben Island to: Wake Island | Shelburne, Nova Scotia | Duxbury, Massachusetts | Exeter, New Hampshire | Puerto Madryn, Argentina