Fort Paul I
Fort Paul I is an islet in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Fort Paul I is situated nearby to the lighthouse Morskoy Kanal Range Rear, as well as near the suburb Kronshtadskaya Kolonia.Photo: Perfektangelll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: fort in Kronstadt, Russia
- Also known as: “Risbank Fort” and “Форт ‘Рисбанк’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southern battery No 3 («Milyutin») and Fort Alexander.
Southern battery No 3 («Milyutin»)
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern battery No 3 («Milyutin») is an islet, which is situated 1¼ km west of Fort Paul I.
Fort Alexander
Islet
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Fort Alexander is situated 1½ km north of Fort Paul I.
Southern battery No 2 (Dzichkanetz)
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southern battery No 2 (Dzichkanetz) is an islet, which is situated 2 km south of Fort Paul I.
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 6 km south of Fort Paul I.
Malaya Izhora
Hamlet
Photo: Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malaya Izhora is a hamlet, which is situated 7 km southwest of Fort Paul I.
Fort Paul I
- Categories: fort, architectural landmark, historic site, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.97442° or 59° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
29.71694° or 29° 43′ 1″ eastOpen location code
9GFFXPF8+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 4585054OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletWikidata ID
Q30890812
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Russian—“Fort Paul I” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Paul I fort”
- German: “Fort Paul I.”
- Russian: “Павел I”
- Russian: “Рисбанк”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morskoy Kanal Range Rear and ДОТ КронУР.
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