Fort Alexander

Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort is a sea fort on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near , one of the sea forts of the Kronstadt Fortress.
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  • Islet
  • …is also known as “Fort Alexander I”
  • …dates from 1838
  • Description: fort near Kronstadt

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naval Cathedral of St. Nicolas and Fort Paul I.
Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Naval cathedral of Saint Nicholas in … is situated 3½ km east of Fort Alexander.
Perfektangelll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an islet, which is situated 1½ km south of Fort Alexander.
Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km east of Fort Alexander.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kronstadt and Kronshtadskaya Kolonia.
Florstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 44,000 people and military…
Drbug, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 7 km south of Fort Alexander.
Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km southwest of Fort Alexander.

Fort Alexander

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Latitude
59.98959° or 59° 59′ 23″ north
Longitude
29.71775° or 29° 43′ 4″ east
Open location code
9GFFXPQ9+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4584986
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data 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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