Fort Teremba
Fort Teremba is a former fort and a prison located near Moindou in New Caledonia, which came to be set up to house prisoners and the supervisory staff.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Castle
- Description: former prison in New Caledonia
- Also known as: “Fort Téremba”, “Poste de Teremba”, “Teremba”, and “Téremba”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Farino.
Farino
Village
Photo: Monofruit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Farino is a landlocked commune in the South Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It and neighbouring Sarraméa are the only two communes on the island that do not border the sea. Farino is situated 9 km northeast of Fort Teremba.
Fort Teremba
- Categories: fort, prison, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Moindou, South Province, New Caledonia, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-21.7287° or 21° 43′ 43″ southLongitude
165.7157° or 165° 42′ 57″ eastElevation
19 metres (62 feet)Open location code
5VC77PC8+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 73213637OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2138118Wikidata ID
Q3078086
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Fort Teremba” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort Teremba”
- Dutch: “Fort Teremba”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن تيرمبا”
- French: “fort Teremba”
- French: “Fort Teremba”
- Russian: “Форт Теремба”
- Spanish: “Fort Teremba”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Teremba”
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