Fort St. Philip

Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river.

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Type: Oilfield
Description: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Also known as: “Fort Saint Philip Gas Field” and “Spanish XVIII century fort”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Jackson and Buras.

Fort Jackson

Hamlet

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Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War. Fort Jackson is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort St. Philip.

Buras

Village

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Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP. Buras is situated 3 miles southwest of Fort St. Philip.

Fort St. Philip

Categories: fort and landform
Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.37244° or 29° 22′ 21″ north

Longitude

-89.47589° or 89° 28′ 33″ west

Elevation

-3 feet (-1 metres)

Open location code

76XG9GCF+XJ

GeoNames ID

4325032

Wikidata ID

Q5472085

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Fort St. Philip” goes by many names.

Arabic: “حصن سانت فيليب”
Chinese: “菲利普堡”
Egyptian Arabic: “حصن سانت فيليب”
Japanese: “セントフィリップ砦”
Russian: “Форт Сент-Филип”
Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip (Louisiana)”
Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip (Luisiana)”
Spanish: “Fort Saint Phillip”
Spanish: “Fuerte de San Felipe de Luisiana”
Spanish: “Fuerte de San Felipe de Placaminas”
Spanish: “Fuerte San Felipe de Placaminas”

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