Ninth Fort

The Ninth Fort is a stronghold in the northern part of Šilainiai elderate, , . It is a part of the Kaunas Fortress, built in the late 19th century.
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  • Fort
  • …lies at an elevation of 89 metres (292 feet)
  • …is also known as “IX Fort”
  • Description: historic fort and temporary Nazi concentration camp in Kaunas, Lithuania

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shopping Mall ‘Mega’ and Linkuva.
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PLC Mega is the second largest in the Baltics 102,000 m2. is situated 1½ km southeast of Ninth Fort.
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is situated 2 km south of Ninth Fort.
Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 1¼ km northeast of Ninth Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giraitė and Sargėnai.
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is a village.
Tocekas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.
Vilensija, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Ninth Fort

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Latitude
54.94545° or 54° 56′ 44″ north
Longitude
23.87085° or 23° 52′ 15″ east
Open location code
9G65WVWC+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 72209380
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Geo­Names ID
9610418
Wiki­data ID
Q665266

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ninth Fort” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحصن التاسع”
  • Armenian: “Իններորդ ֆորտ (Կաունաս)”
  • Armenian: “Իններորդ ֆորտ”
  • Catalan: “Fort novè”
  • Chinese: “第九堡壘”
  • Chinese: “第九要塞”
  • Croatian: “Deveta kula u Kaunasu”
  • Croatian: “Deveta kula”
  • Czech: “Devátá pevnost”
  • Dutch: “Negende Fort”
  • Esperanto: “Naŭa Fuorto”
  • Estonian: “Kaunase kindluse IX fort”
  • Finnish: “Devintas fortas”
  • Finnish: “Yhdeksäs linnake”
  • French: “Neuvième Fort”
  • German: “Devintas Fortas”
  • German: “IX Fort”
  • German: “IX fortas”
  • German: “IX. Fort”
  • German: “KZ Kauen”
  • German: “KZ Kowno”
  • German: “Neuntes Fort”
  • Hebrew: “הפורט התשיעי”
  • Hungarian: “IX. erőd”
  • Hungarian: “kaunasi IX. erőd”
  • Hungarian: “Kaunasi IX. erőd”
  • Italian: “Nono forte”
  • Korean: “제9요새”
  • Latvian: “IX forts”
  • Lithuanian: “Devintas fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “Devintasis fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “IX Fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “IX forto muziejus”
  • Lithuanian: “IX Kauno fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kauno devintasis fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kauno IX fortas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kauno tvirtovės IX fortas”
  • Persian: “دژ نهم”
  • Polish: “Fort IX Twierdzy Kowno”
  • Polish: “Fort IX w Kownie”
  • Portuguese: “IX Forte”
  • Russian: “IX форт”
  • Russian: “Кауен”
  • Serbian: “Девета Каунашка кула”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Noveno”
  • Spanish: “Ninth Fort”
  • Spanish: “Noveno fuerte”
  • Swedish: “Devintas fortas”
  • Swedish: “Devintas Fortas”
  • Swedish: “Fort IX”
  • Ukrainian: “IX форт”

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