List of islands of South Africa


This is an attempt to list all islands of South Africa, regardless of whether they are located in oceans, rivers, lakes, or reservoirs.
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List of Islands of South Africa

NameProvince and locationArea in HaCoördinatesdescription
Bird Island Group Eastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
1. Bird IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
2. Stag IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
3. Seal IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
Bird Island, Lamberts BayWestern Cape at Lamberts BayBreakwater walkway to main land
Dassen IslandWestern Cape South of Saldanha Bay west of Yzerfontein
Duiker IslandWestern Cape near Hout Bay
Dyer Island Western Cape near Gans Bay
Hartbeespoort Dam IslandsNorth West
Kamfers Dam Artificial IslandNorthern Cape North of Kimberleylocated in the Kamfers Dam.
Kosi Bay IslandsKwaZulu-Natal in Kosi Bay
Leisure IslandWestern Cape, Knysna
Thesens IslandWestern Cape, Knysna
Marion IslandWestern Cape More than 1750 km southeast of Port Elizabeth
Msikaba IslandEastern Cape north of Port Grosvenor
Prince Edward IslandWestern Cape More than 1750 km southeast of Port Elizabeth
Robben IslandWestern Cape near Cape Town in Table BayThe island where Nelson Mandela and others were imprisoned
Saint Croix Island Group Eastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
1. Saint Croix IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
2. Brenton IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
3. Jahleel IslandEastern Cape near Port Elizabethnow part of the Addo Elephant National Park
Saint Lucia Lake IslandKwaZulu-Natal near St Lucia
Seal Islandnear Simon's Town in False BayOccupied by Cape fur seals.
Seal Island near Mossel Bay
Vaal Dam IslandJust inside the Gauteng border
Vaaldegrace Island Group - Vaal River Free State at Parys
1. Vaaldegrace Island 1Free State at Parys
2. Vaaldegrace Island 2Free State at Parys
3. Vaaldegrace Island 3Free State at Parys
Vondeling IslandWestern Cape near Saldanha Bay

List of Islands in reservoires (or Dams)

Most of these Islands are Unnamed
NameProvince and locationArea in HaCoördinatesdescription
Klipplaat DamMpumalanga between Kriel and WitbankUnnamed Island
Vaal Barrageborder Gauteng and Free State, between Vaal Dam and the Barrage4 Unnamed Islands
Vaal DamFree State main section of the Dam has Groot Islandgroot eiland
Vaal DamMpumalanga Vaal River section of the Dam has 4 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Vaal DamFree State Wilge River section of the Dam has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Kosi EstuaryKwaZulu-Natal at Kosi Bay, has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Bloemhof DamFree State has 15 Islands in the Vaal River section of the Damcoordinates of largest given
Bloemhof DamFree State has 4 Islands in the Vet River section of the Damcoordinates of largest given
Ntshingwayo Chelsford DamKwaZulu-Natal south of Newcastle has 1 Island
Allemanskraal DamFree State has 5 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Driel BarrageKwaZulu-Natal near Bergville has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Kalkfontein DamFree State near Koffiefontein has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Dudley Pringle DamKwaZulu-Natal near Tongaat has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Hazelmere DamEastern Cape near Hazelmere, has 2 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Vanderkloof DamFree State has 10 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Gariep DamFree State has about 25 Islandscoordinates of largest given
Grassridge DamEastern Cape has 1 Island