Fort Lafayette

Summary

Fort Lafayette is a fortress island^[1].

Key Facts

• Fort Lafayette is in the country of United States^[2].
• Fort Lafayette's image is recorded as Fort Lafayette Brooklyn.jpg^[3].
• Fort Lafayette's instance of is recorded as fortress island^[4].
• Fort Lafayette's commissioned by is recorded as United States Army Corps of Engineers^[5].
• Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after Fort Lafayette^[6].
• Fort Lafayette's has use is recorded as prison^[7].
• Fort Lafayette's has use is recorded as ammunition dump^[8].
• Fort Lafayette's has use is recorded as coastal defence and fortification^[9].
• Fort Lafayette's Commons category is recorded as Fort Lafayette (New York)^[10].
• +1812-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Lafayette^[11].
• Fort Lafayette was dissolved in +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Fort Lafayette's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 40.60833333, 'longitude': -74.03861111, 'precision': 0.00027777777777778}^[13].
• Fort Lafayette's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/080kx2^[14].
• Fort Lafayette's described by source is recorded as FortWiki^[15].
• Fort Lafayette's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[16].
• Fort Lafayette's height is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+12'}^[17].

Body

Geography

Fort Lafayette is in the country of United States^[2].

Physical Characteristics

Fort Lafayette's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11573', 'amount': '+0'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Fort Lafayette's instance of is recorded as fortress island^[4].

History and Context

+1812-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Fort Lafayette^[11]. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette is named after it^[6].