Fort Hughes

Fort Hughes was built by the Philippine Department of the U.S. Army on Caballo Island in the Philippines in the early 1900s. The fort, which part of the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, was named for Major General Robert Patterson Hughes, a veteran of the American Civil War, Spanish–American War, and the Philippine–American War.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Corregidor Island and Caballo Island.

Corregidor Island

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Corregidor Island is a small island in the Philippines. It is well-known for its strategic situation at the opening of Manila Bay.

Caballo Island

Islet

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Caballo Island is a bluff, rocky island located at the entrance to Manila Bay in the Philippines. It is about 1.2 km long with the highest elevation at 381 feet high.

Malinta Tunnel

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The Malinta Tunnel is a tunnel complex built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines. It was initially used as a bomb-proof storage and personnel bunker, but was later equipped as a 1,000-bed hospital. Malinta Tunnel is situated 4 km northwest of Fort Hughes.

Fort Hughes

Type: Fort
Description: WW2-era fort in the Philippines
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Bataan, Central Luzon, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

14.36667° or 14° 22′ north

Longitude

120.61667° or 120° 37′ east

Open location code

7Q629J88+MM

GeoNames ID

1711496

Wikidata ID

Q5471375

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Chinese—“Fort Hughes” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fort Hughes”
Chinese: “休斯堡”

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