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Robbeneiland is geleë in Tafelbaai naby die kus van Kaapstad in Suid-Afrika.

Dis 'n plat eiland wat meestal ovaalvormig is en gevaar loop om ingesluk te word deur die see as gevolg van erosie in die verre verlede.

UNESCO het dit vernoem as Wêrelderfenisgebied en dit is ook benoem as 'n Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Erfenisgebied.

Robbeneiland het skepe en hul bemanning lank in gevaar gestel as gevolg van die riwwe wat dit omsluit.

Die Atlantiese Oseaan spoel gereeld swaar uit op die eiland en dit stuur skepe binne-in die riwwe aan die kus, maar voordat hulle kan sink, skeur die swaar branders hulle vinnig aan stukke sonder enige kans vir die bemanning om te ontsnap.

Die eiland is eens gebruik as 'n tronk, maar vandag is dit 'n gewilde plek vir toeriste.

Gidse lei toere van die tronk en die eiland.

Die Suid-Afrikaanse regering besit die hele eiland, behalwe die kerk wat daar geleë is.

Bo en behalwe die Robbeneiland Museum is daar vele toeriste aantreklikhede, soos die Robbeneiland Ligtoring.

Dit is bo-op Minto-heuwel wat eens bekend was as Vuurheuwel.

Dit is die eiland se hoogste punt en dit dien as 'n baken vir skepe om hulle te waarsku oor die rotsagtige rif wat die eiland omring.

Robbeneiland is ook die tuiste van 'n heilige Moslem pelgrimstog webwerf genaamd Moturu Kramat.

Moturu was een van die eerste imams in Kaapstad en hy was verban na Robbeneiland en het daar gesterf gedurende die Agtiende Eeu.

Baie toeriste reis ook na Robbeneiland om die Afrika-pikkewyne van naderby te sien, aangesien hulle daar geteel en grootgemaak word.

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Robben Island is located in Table Bay off the cost of Cape Town in South Africa.

It's a flat island that's mostly oval in shape and in danger of being overtaken by the sea due to erosion in the ancient past.

UNESCO has named it a World Heritage Site, and it has also been denominated a South African National Heritage Site.

Robben Island has long imperiled ships and their crews because of the reefs which enclose it.

Often the Atlantic Ocean washes heavily onto the island, sending ships into the offshore reefs, but before they can founder, the heavy surf briskly rips them to pieces without allowing the crew to escape.

The island was once used as a prison, but today it is a popular place for tourists.

Guides lead tours of the prison and island.

The South African government owns all of the island except the church that's located there.

In addition to the Robben Island Museum, there are many tourist attractions, like the Robben Island Lighthouse.

It sits atop Minto Hill, which was once called Fire Hill.

It's the island's highest point, and it served as a beacon for ships to warn them about the rocky reef encircling the island.

Robben Island is also home to a sacred Muslim pilgrimage site known as the Moturu Kramat.

Moturu was one of the first imams in Cape Town, and he was banished to Robben Island and died there during the Eighteenth Century.

Many tourists also travel to Robben Island to see the African penguins up close as they are bred and reared there.

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