🏰 Fort Algernon

United States · Americas · 37.00°N, 76.31°W

Fort Algernon was established in the fall of 1609 at the mouth of Hampton Roads at Point Comfort in the Virginia Colony by Captain John Ratcliffe. A strategic point for guarding the shipping channel leading from the Chesapeake Bay, it would be the site for a series of military forts for the next few centuries, culminating with Fort Monroe built in the 1830s. The area is now known as Old Point Comfort. Long part of Elizabeth City County, the site is now located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	37.00°N, 76.31°W · view on map

Fort Algernon is located in United States, in Americas.

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