South
Louisiana
Lafourche Parish

Port Fourchon

Port Fourchon is ’s southernmost port, located on the southern tip of , on the . It is a seaport, with significant petroleum industry traffic from offshore Gulf oil platforms and drilling rigs as well as the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port pipeline.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: human settlement in Louisiana, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Port Fourchon, LA” and “Port Fourchon, Louisiana”

Port Fourchon

Latitude
29.12324° or 29° 7′ 24″ north
Longitude
-90.18924° or 90° 11′ 21″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US FOC
Open location code
76XF4RF6+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151439902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
4337845
Wiki­data ID
Q3709427
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Volapük—“Port Fourchon” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “富尔雄港”
  • Chinese: “富爾雄港”
  • Chinese: “弗俄川港”
  • French: “Port Fourchon”
  • German: “Hafen Fourchon”
  • German: “Port Fourchon”
  • Haitian: “Port Fourchon, Lwizyana”
  • Haitian: “Port Fourchon”
  • Hebrew: “פורט פורשון”
  • Irish: “Port Fourchon”
  • Persian: “پورت فورچان، لوئیزیانا”
  • Persian: “پورت فورچان”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Fourchon”
  • Spanish: “Port Fourchon”
  • Volapük: “Port Fourchon”

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