Denmark
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Copenhagen municipality

Flakfortet

Flakfortet, meaning sand-shoal fortress, is a sea fort located on the artificially built island of Saltholmrev, in the between and .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: Danish sea fort
  • Also known as: “Flak Fort”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sundbyøster and Christiania.

Suburb
is one of the 15 administrative, statistical, and tax city districts comprising the municipality of , . It lies on the southeast border of the municipality on the island of . is situated 9 km southwest of Flakfortet.

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is a self-governing "free town" established in 1971, a city within the city, on the site of a military barracks as an alternative to mainstream culture. is considered to be the fourth largest tourist attraction in Copenhagen.

Quarter
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is a district in , . Constructed during the reign of Frederick V in the second half of the 18th century, it is considered to be one of the most important rococo complexes in and was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon. is situated 9 km west of Flakfortet.

Flakfortet

Latitude
55.70342° or 55° 42′ 12″ north
Longitude
12.7316° or 12° 43′ 54″ east
Named after
Saltholm Flak
Open location code
9F7JPP3J+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4218311
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historic=­castle
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man_made=­island
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natural=­coastline
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place=­islet
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2622115
Wiki­data ID
Q3073253
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Flakfortet” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Флакфорт”
  • Cebuano: “Flakfort”
  • Danish: “Flakfortet”
  • Dutch: “Flakfortet”
  • Dutch: “Fort Flak”
  • French: “Flakfortet”
  • Japanese: “フラク要塞”
  • Lithuanian: “Flakfortetas”
  • Spanish: “Flakfortet”
  • Swedish: “Flakfortet”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Flakfortet and Flakfortet Havn.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Flakfortet”. Photo: Elgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.