Fort Shirley
Fort Shirley is a historic military outpost on the Caribbean island of Dominica. It was built by the British in 1765, and was named for Sir Thomas Shirley.Photo: Leahtaylor 9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Kaspar C, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portsmouth and Picard.
Portsmouth
Photo: cowbellsolo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portsmouth is the second largest town in Dominica, with 3,630 inhabitants. It is located on the shore of a natural Harbor, Prince Rupert Bay, in Saint John Parish on the north-west coast of Dominica.
Picard
Suburb
Picard is a community on the northwest side of Dominica. It is part of Portsmouth, Dominica. The Ross University School of Medicine, part of DeVry University, was located in Picard and once had over a thousand medical students arriving annually from the… Picard is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Shirley.
Cottage
Village
Cottage is a town in the north of Dominica. The community, along with its neighbouring community of Cocoyer, had a population of 279 in 2011. Cottage is located in the Saint John Parish. Cottage is situated 2½ miles north of Fort Shirley.
Fort Shirley
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort in Dominica
- Categories: fort, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
15.58342° or 15° 35′ 0″ northLongitude
-61.47348° or 61° 28′ 25″ westOpen location code
777WHGMG+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 750939951OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q65123003
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Fort Shirley” goes by many names.
- French: “fort Shirley”
- French: “Fort Shirley”
- Polish: “Fort Shirley”
- Spanish: “Fort Shirley (Dominica)”
- Spanish: “Fort Shirley”
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