Fort Christian

Fort Christian is a Dano-Norwegian-built fort in Charlotte Amalie, . Built 1672-1680, early in the first successful colonial establishment on the island, the fort served as a critical point of defense and government during the entire period of Dano-Norwegian, and later Danish, administration, which ended in 1917 with the sale of the islands to the United States.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
  • Also known as
    “Christiaans Fort”
    “Christian’s Fort”
    “Fort Saint Thomas”
    “Kastellet”
    “Kristiansfort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Emancipation Garden and Blackbeard’s Castle.
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is a park in , U.S.
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Blackbeard's Castle is one of five National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. is situated 1,200 feet north of Fort Christian.
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is situated 550 feet north of Fort Christian.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Christian and Havensight.
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is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the .
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on in the U.S.
is a settlement on the island of Saint Thomas in the .

Fort Christian

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Latitude
18.34054° or 18° 20′ 26″ north
Longitude
-64.92972° or 64° 55′ 47″ west
Open location code
77CQ83RC+64
Geo­Names ID
4795727
Wiki­data ID
Q1773741

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Swedish—“Fort Christian” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Fort Christian”
  • Danish: “Fort Christian”
  • Dutch: “Fort Christian”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن كريستيان”
  • French: “Fort Christian”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Christian”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Christian”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Christian”
  • Russian: “Форт Кристиан”
  • Swedish: “Fort Christian”

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Localities in the Area

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