Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter is an incomplete sea fort at the mouth of , , where the battle that sparked the American Civil War took place.
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  • Park
  • Description: fort in Charleston, South Carolina

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Moultrie and Battery Jasper.
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Park
is a series of fortifications… is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Fort Sumter.
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Fort
is a fort, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Fort Sumter.
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Church
is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Fort Sumter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sullivan’s Island Historic District and Sullivan’s Island.
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Neighborhood
Sullivan's Island Historic District is a national… is situated 1½ miles east of Fort Sumter.
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Sullivan's Island, historically known as O'Sullivan's…
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is a large town in the region of .

Fort Sumter

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Latitude
32.75214° or 32° 45′ 8″ north
Longitude
-79.87506° or 79° 52′ 30″ west
Open location code
8742Q42F+VX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 12353668
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Wiki­data ID
Q737517

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Fort Sumter” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fort Sumter”
  • Arabic: “حصن سمتر”
  • Basque: “Fort Sumter”
  • Breton: “Fort Sumter”
  • Catalan: “Fort Sumter”
  • Chinese: “桑特堡”
  • Chinese: “色末搭堡”
  • Chinese: “萨姆特堡”
  • Chinese: “萨姆特要塞”
  • Chinese: “薩姆特堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Sumter”
  • Danish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Danish: “Slaget om Fort Sumter”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • Dutch: “Fort Sumter”
  • Esperanto: “Fort Sumter”
  • Estonian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Estonian: “Sumteri fort”
  • Finnish: “Fort Sumter”
  • French: “Fort Sumter”
  • Galician: “Fort Sumter”
  • German: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • German: “Fort Sumter”
  • Gilaki: “سامتئر قلا”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “מבצר סמטר”
  • Hebrew: “מצודת סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “פורט סאמטר”
  • Hebrew: “פורט סמטר”
  • Hungarian: “Sumter-erőd”
  • Italian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Japanese: “サムター砦”
  • Japanese: “サムター要塞”
  • Korean: “섬터 요새”
  • Latin: “Arx Sumter”
  • Latin: “Castellum Sumter”
  • Lithuanian: “Samtero fortas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Sumter”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Fort Sumter”
  • Polish: “Fort Sumter National Monument”
  • Polish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Portuguese: “Fort sumter”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Sumter”
  • Romanian: “Fort Sumter”
  • Russian: “Самтер”
  • Russian: “Форт-Самтер”
  • Spanish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Sumter”
  • Swedish: “Fort Sumter”
  • Ukrainian: “Форт-Самтер”
  • Vietnamese: “Pháo đài Sumter”
  • Western Frisian: “Fort Sumter”

Places with the Same Name

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Sumter History Museum and 42-Pounder, Banded and Rifled.

Nearby Places

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