Fort Alexander
Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort is a naval fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. From 1899 to 1917, the fort housed a research laboratory on plague and other bacterial diseases.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: fort near Kronstadt
- Also known as: “Fort Alexander I”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas and Fort Paul I.
Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas
Museum
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt is a Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903–1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy and dedicated to all fallen seamen. Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas is situated 3½ km east of Fort Alexander.
Fort Paul I
Islet
Photo: Perfektangelll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Paul I is an islet, which is situated 1½ km south of Fort Alexander.
Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kabotazhnaya Gavan Range Rear Lighthouse is situated 2 km east of Fort Alexander.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kronstadt and Kronshtadskaya Kolonia.
Kronstadt
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kronstadt is a city of 44,000 people and military seaport on Kotlin Island, off Saint Petersburg, in the Gulf of Finland.
Kronshtadskaya Kolonia
Suburb
Photo: Drbug, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kronshtadskaya Kolonia is a suburb, which is situated 7 km south of Fort Alexander.
Malaya Izhora
Hamlet
Photo: Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malaya Izhora is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southwest of Fort Alexander.
Fort Alexander
- Categories: sea fort, architectural landmark, tourism, tourist attraction, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.98959° or 59° 59′ 23″ northLongitude
29.71775° or 29° 43′ 4″ eastInception
1838Open location code
9GFFXPQ9+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 4584986OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q4456495
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Fort Alexander” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “亚历山大堡垒”
- German: “Fort Alexander I.”
- German: “Fort Alexander I”
- Hebrew: “מצודת אלכסנדר (סנקט פטרבורג)”
- Hebrew: “מצודת אלכסנדר”
- Italian: “forte Alessandro I”
- Japanese: “アレクサンドル砦”
- Persian: “قلعه الکساندر (سن پترزبورگ)”
- Persian: “قلعه الکساندر”
- Russian: “Александр I”
- Russian: “Форт «Александр I»”
- Russian: “Форт «Император Александр I»”
- Russian: “Чумной форт”
- Slovenian: “Aleksandrova trdnjava”
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