🏰 Fort Phoenix

United States · Americas · 41.62°N, 70.90°W

Fort Phoenix is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Fort Phoenix Park in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The fort was originally built in 1775 without a name, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Just off the fort, in Buzzards Bay, was the first naval engagement of the American Revolution, the Battle of Fairhaven on 14 May 1775.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	41.62°N, 70.90°W · view on map

Fort Phoenix is located in United States, in Americas.

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