Fort Jefferson
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, covering 16 acres and constructed of over 16 million bricks.
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- …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code RBN
- …is also known as “Fort Jefferson, Florida”
- Description: fortified island in Florida, USA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dry Tortugas National Park and Tortuga Harbor Light.
Dry Tortugas National Park
Dry Tortugas National Park is a United States national…
Tortuga Harbor Light
Lighthouse
The Garden Key Light, also known as the Tortuga Harbor…
Fort Jefferson
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Latitude
24.62793° or 24° 37′ 41″ north
Longitude
-82.8729° or 82° 52′ 22″ west
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US RBN
Open location code
76PVJ4HG+5R
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Jefferson” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن جيفرسون”
- Bulgarian: “Форт Джеферсън”
- Cebuano: “Fort Jefferson National Monument”
- Czech: “Fort Jefferson”
- Dutch: “Fort Jefferson”
- French: “Fort Jefferson”
- German: “Fort Jefferson”
- Hebrew: “פורט ג’פרסון (פלורידה)”
- Hebrew: “פורט ג’פרסון”
- Italian: “Fort Jefferson”
- Japanese: “ジェファーソン砦”
- Japanese: “フォート・ジェファーソン”
- Polish: “Fort Jefferson”
- Russian: “Форт Джефферсон”
- Russian: “Форт-Джефферсон”
- Vietnamese: “Fort Jefferson, Florida”
- Vietnamese: “Fort Jefferson”
- Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Jefferson, Florida”
- Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Jefferson”
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