Fort Point

Fort Point is a cape in Galveston, Texas. Fort Point is situated nearby to the locality Fort Travis, as well as near the village Port Bolivar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Cavalla and USS Stewart.

USS Cavalla

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

USS Cavalla, a Gato-class submarine, is a submarine of the United States Navy named for a salt water fish, best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku.

USS Stewart is an Edsall-class destroyer escort, the third United States Navy ship so named. This ship was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, who commanded USS Constitution during the War of 1812.

SS Selma

Disaster remains

Photo: Jw4nvc, CC BY 3.0.

SS Selma was a concrete-hulled oil tanker built as part of the World War I Emergency Fleet, one of only twelve concrete ships that were completed for it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galveston and Port Bolivar.

Galveston

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Galveston is a city on Galveston Island, off the Texas Gulf Coast, approximately 45 minutes southeast of Houston. Galveston is a port of entry and a destination for almost all the cruise ships with ports of call in Texas.

Port Bolivar

Village

Photo: Iketsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Bolivar is an unincorporated community located on the northern shore of the western tip of the Bolivar Peninsula, separated from Galveston Island by the entrance to Galveston Bay. Port Bolivar is situated 3 miles north of Fort Point.

Fort Point

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Galveston County, Texas, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Galveston, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.33718° or 29° 20′ 14″ north

Longitude

-94.76714° or 94° 46′ 2″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

76X786PM+V4

GeoNames ID

4691907

Wikidata ID

Q34887959

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Fort Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fort Point”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Seawolf Park and Bolivar Roads Channel.

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