Fort Nassau
Fort Nassau was the fortified capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice, in present-day Guyana. It was situated on the Berbice River approximately 88 kilometres upstream from New Amsterdam.
Photo: Jakob van der Schley, Public domain.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: former capital of the Dutch colony of Berbice in today’s Guyana
- Also known as: “Fort Nassau (Berbice)”, “Fort Nassau (Guiana)”, “Fort Nassau (Guyana)”, and “Fort Nassau, Berbice”
Fort Nassau
- Categories: fort, former entity, and locality
- Location: Upper Demerara-Berbice, Guyana, South America
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Latitude
5.77236° or 5° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
-57.66158° or 57° 39′ 42″ west
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
68Q4Q8CQ+W9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Fort Nassau” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Nassau”
- French: “fort Nassau”
- French: “Fort Nassau”
- German: “Fort Nassau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Nassau”
- Russian: “Форт Нассау”
- Ukrainian: “Форт Нассау”
- “Fort Nassau”
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