Fort Zeelandia
Fort Zeelandia is located on Fort Island, a fluvial island of the Essequibo River delta in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara region of Guyana. Not to be confused with Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo, Suriname, the current brick fort was built in 1743 for the Essequibo colony, replacing an earlier wooden fort built in 1726, and is among the oldest structures in Guyana.
- Fort
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …dates from 1744
- Description: 18th century Dutch fort in Guyana
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Latitude
6.78276° or 6° 46′ 58″ north
Longitude
-58.5083° or 58° 30′ 30″ west
Open location code
68R3QFMR+4M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Zeeuws—“Fort Zeelandia” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “热兰遮城 (圭亚那)”
- Chinese: “热兰遮城”
- Dutch: “Fort Zeelandia (Guyana)”
- Dutch: “Fort Zeelandia”
- French: “Fort Zeelandia”
- Japanese: “ゼーランディア”
- Japanese: “ゼーランディア砦”
- Portuguese: “Forte Zeelândia (Guiana)”
- Portuguese: “Forte Zeelândia”
- Portuguese: “Forte Zelândia”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Zeelandia (Guyana)”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Zeelandia”
- Swedish: “Fort Zeelandia, Guyana”
- Swedish: “Fort Zeelandia”
- Zeeuws: “Fort Zeelandia”
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