Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe is a former military installation in , at , the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 metres)
  • …is also known as “Fort Monroe National Monument”
  • …is open 24/7
  • Description: former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States
  • Address: Ruckman Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Quarters 1 and Fort Monroe Lighthouse.
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, also known as Building 1, is a historic… is situated 530 feet east of Fort Monroe.
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the… is situated 930 feet south of Fort Monroe.
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is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Fort Monroe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoebus and Kecoughtan.
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is a formerly incorporated town now part…
In the seventeenth century, was the name… is situated 2½ miles west of Fort Monroe.

Fort Monroe

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Latitude
37.0042° or 37° 0′ 15″ north
Longitude
-76.3073° or 76° 18′ 26″ west
Open location code
87952M3V+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 51064272
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6940416
Wiki­data ID
Q1438639

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fort Monroe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حصن مونرو”
  • Arabic: “فورت مونرو”
  • Arabic: “نصب فورت مونرو الوطني”
  • Bulgarian: “Форт Мънроу”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Monroe National Monument”
  • Chinese: “門羅堡”
  • Chinese: “门罗堡”
  • Danish: “Fort Monroe”
  • Dutch: “Fort Monroe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن مونرو”
  • French: “fort Monroe”
  • French: “Fort Monroe”
  • German: “Fort Monroe National Monument”
  • German: “Fort Monroe”
  • Hebrew: “פורט מונרו”
  • Indonesian: “Benteng Monroe”
  • Italian: “Fort Monroe”
  • Italian: “Fortezza Monroe”
  • Japanese: “フォートモンロー”
  • Japanese: “モンロー砦”
  • Korean: “포트 먼로”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Monroe”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Monroe”
  • Piemontese: “Fort Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Monroe”
  • Russian: “Форт Монро”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Monroe”
  • Spanish: “Fort Monroe”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Monroe”

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