Lesser Antilles
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
Saint Andrew Parish

Fort Charlotte

Fort Charlotte is a British-colonial era fort, built on a hill overlooking the harbour of Kingstown, Saint Vincent. It is located in the parish of Saint Andrew, at the top of Edinboro road, on Berkshire Hill, just west of the town.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fort in Saint Vincent
  • Also known as: “Fort Charlotte, Saint Vincent”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Assumption Cathedral and E. T. Joshua Airport.

Church
Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.
The , also called Catholic Cathedral of Kingstown or Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption or simply St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of the capital, port city and the main commercial center of the of in the East of the . is situated 1 mile east of Fort Charlotte.

Aerodrome
Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.
E.T. Joshua Airport, formerly known as Arnos Vale Airport, was an airport located in , near , on the island of Saint Vincent. The airport was named for Ebenezer Theodore Joshua, the first chief minister of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Fort Charlotte.

School building
St. Vincent Girls' High School is a secondary education facility opened in on the island of St. Vincent in . The school was founded by Mary L. is situated 1¼ miles east of Fort Charlotte.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingstown and Clare Valley.

Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the capital of , located on the island of . The city has the main port and the biggest commercial center of the islands.

Village
is a town on the southwestern coast of Saint Vincent, in . It is located to the northwest of the capital, Kingstown, and southeast of . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fort Charlotte.

Town
is a former agricultural estate and now a settlement in Greathead Bay, formerly Warrawarrou Bay, in southern Saint Vincent, in . is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Charlotte.

Fort Charlotte

Latitude
13.15797° or 13° 9′ 29″ north
Longitude
-61.24227° or 61° 14′ 32″ west
Elevation
505 feet (154 metres)
Open location code
775W5Q55+53
Open­Street­Map ID
way 850584945
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Geo­Names ID
3577935
Wiki­data ID
Q28448431
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Slovenian—“Fort Charlotte” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن شارلوت فى سانت فنسنت”
  • German: “Fort Charlotte”
  • Russian: “Форт Шарлотт (Кингстаун)”
  • Russian: “Форт Шарлотт”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Charlotte”

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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 “Fort Charlotte”. Photo: giggel, CC BY 3.0.