Fort Caroline

Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the in present-day . It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June 1564, following King Charles IX's enlisting of Jean Ribault and his Huguenot settlers to stake a claim in French Florida ahead of Spain.
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  • Hamlet
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
  • Description: fort in Florida managed by the National Park Service
  • Also known as
    “FOCA”
    “Fort San Mateo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blount Island.
is an island of approximately 2,000… is situated 2 miles northwest of Fort Caroline.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mayport.
is a small community located between…

Fort Caroline

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Latitude
30.38686° or 30° 23′ 13″ north
Longitude
-81.5007° or 81° 30′ 3″ west
Open location code
862W9FPX+PP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154297367
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4155894
Wiki­data ID
Q1438483

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Caroline” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن كارولين”
  • Catalan: “Fort Caroline”
  • Chinese: “卡洛琳堡”
  • Chinese: “卡羅琳堡”
  • Chinese: “卡羅琳堡國家紀念館”
  • Czech: “Národní památník Pevnost Caroline”
  • Danish: “Fort Caroline”
  • Dutch: “Fort Caroline”
  • Finnish: “Fort Caroline”
  • French: “fort Caroline”
  • French: “Fort Caroline”
  • German: “Fort Caroline”
  • Hebrew: “פורט קרוליין”
  • Italian: “Fort Caroline National Memorial”
  • Italian: “Fort Caroline”
  • Japanese: “カロリーヌ砦国立記念碑”
  • Korean: “포트 캐롤라인”
  • Persian: “فورت کارولین”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Caroline”
  • Russian: “Форт Каролина”
  • Sinhala: “කැරොලින් කොටුව”
  • Sinhala: “කැරොලින් බලකොටුව”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Caroline”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte San Mateo”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Caroline”

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Notable Places Nearby

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