Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov

Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov is a fort in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov is situated nearby to Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse, as well as near Kronstadt tide gauge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas and Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse.

Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas

Museum

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy and dedicated to all fallen seamen. Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas is situated 1½ km northeast of Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov.

Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse is situated 580 metres northwest of Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov.

Kronstadt tide gauge

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Kronstadt tide gauge is situated 1 km north of Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kronstadt and Kronshtadskaya Kolonia.

Kronstadt

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kronstadt is a city of 44,000 people and military seaport on Kotlin Island, off Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland.

Kronshtadskaya Kolonia

Suburb

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Kronshtadskaya Kolonia is a suburb, which is situated 7 km southwest of Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov.

Lomonosov

Town

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Lomonosov is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 40 kilometers west of Saint Petersburg proper. Lomonosov is situated 8 km south of Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov.

Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov

Type: Fort
Also known as: “Batareya Knyaz‘ Menshikov” and “Fort Men’shikov”
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

59.98191° or 59° 58′ 55″ north

Longitude

29.75765° or 29° 45′ 28″ east

Open location code

9GFFXQJ5+Q3

GeoNames ID

527549

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In Other Languages

“Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov” goes by many names.

Russian: “Batareya Knyaz’ Menshikov”
Russian: “Батарея Князь Меншиков”
Russian: “Форт Меньшиков”

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