List of coastal fortifications

Suomenlinna Fortress (Sveaborg), Finland

The coastal fortifications shown in the list are arranged according to their geographical location. The state in whose territory the facility is now located is decisive for the assignment, regardless of the previous affiliation of the area.

Coastal fortifications are defined as fortified coastal points in this list, which are intended to prevent enemy ships from using harbors, anchorages, entering rivers, straits, etc.

America

America

Surname	image	place	Location (state)	built	annotation
Louisbourg		Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia	Canada	1719
San Juan de Ulua		Veracruz	Mexico	1565	Expansion in the 19th century
La Fortaleza		San Juan	Puerto Rico	1533
Fort Canby		Pacific County , Washington	United States	1864, 1896–1908 expanded
Castle Clinton		New York , New York	United States	1811
Castle Williams		Governors Island , New York	United States	1807
Fort Caroline		Jacksonville , Florida	United States	1564
Fort Casey		Whidbey Island , Washington	United States	1899-1911
Fort Columbia		Pacific County , Washington	United States	1898
Fort Constitution		Rockingham County , New Hampshire	United States	1632	Expanded several times in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries
Fort Dearborn		Rockingham County , New Hampshire	United States	1942-1944
Fort Flagler		Marrowstone Island, Washington	United States	1897-1907
Fort Frederica		Glynn County , Georgia	United States	1736
Kamehameha Fort		Honolulu , Hawaii	United States	1907
Fort James Jackson		Savannah , Georgia	United States	1776
Fort Jay		Governors Island , New York	United States	1776
Fort Jefferson		Florida Keys , Florida	United States	1862
Castillo de San Marcos		St. Augustine , Florida	United States	1672
Fort Mason		San Francisco , California	United States	1862
Fort Matanzas		St. Augustine , Florida	United States	1740
Fort McClary		York County , Maine	United States	1689	expanded in the 19th century
Fort McHenry		Baltimore , Maryland	United States	1798
Fort McRee		Pensacola , Florida	United States	1834
Fort Monroe		Hampton , Virginia	United States	1608	Expansion at the beginning of the 19th century
Fort Morgan		Mobile Bay , Alabama	United States	1819
Fort Moultrie		Charleston , South Carolina	United States	1798	first fortification in the 17th century
Fort Pickens		Santa Rosa Island , Florida	United States	1829
Castle Pinckney		Charleston , South Carolina	United States	1797
Fort Point		San Francisco , California	United States	1797
Fort Popham		Bath , Maine	United States	1861-1869
Battery Potter		Fort Hancock , New Jersey	United States	1890
Fort Pulaski		Chatham County , Georgia	United States	1829
Fort DeRussy		Honolulu , Hawaii	United States	1911
Fort Rodd Hill		Vancouver Island , British Columbia	Canada	1890-1898
Fort Stark		Rockingham County , New Hampshire	United States	1746	expanded in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Fort Stevens		Clatsop County , Oregon	United States	1863	Expanded from 1897–1907
Fort Sumter		Charleston , South Carolina	United States	1829
Fort Wagner		Charleston , South Carolina	United States
Fortified		Port Townsend , Washington	United States	1897-1912
Fort Zachary Taylor		Key West , Florida	United States	1845-1866	Expanded from 1889–1912
Brimstone Hill Fortress		St. Kitts	St. Kitts and Nevis	1690
Alcatraz		San Francisco , California	United States	1853

Asia

Asia

Surname	image	place	Location (state)	built	annotation
Vladivostok fortress		Vladivostok	Russia	1889
Anadolu Hisari		Istanbul	Turkey
Yoros		Istanbul	Turkey	1259
Tung Lung Chau		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	circa 1700
Fan Lau		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1729
Lei Yue Mun		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1887
Fort Stanley		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1842
Fort Tung Chung		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1174
Tung Chung Battery		Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1817
Taku forts		Tianjin	People's Republic of China	1522

Australia and Oceania

Australia and Oceania

Surname	image	place	Location (state)	built	annotation
Ben Buckler Gun Battery		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1892
Fort Denison		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1841
Fort MacQuarie		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1798
Bare Island		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1880
Fort Banks		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1880
Henry Head Battery		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1892
Malabar Battery		Sydney , New South Wales	Australia	1943
North Head		Auckland	New Zealand	1870
Taiaroa Head		Port Chalmers	New Zealand	1886
Fort Buckley		Wellington	New Zealand	1885
Fort Ballance		Wellington	New Zealand	1885
Bastion Point		Auckland	New Zealand	1885
Mount Victoria		Auckland	New Zealand	1885
Fort Jervois		Lyttelton	New Zealand	1886
Lawyers Head Battery		Port Chalmers	New Zealand	1885
St Clair Battery		Port Chalmers	New Zealand	1885

Europe

Europe

Surname	image	place	Location (state)	built	annotation
Atlantic Wall				1942
Fort Napoleon		East End	Belgium	1811-1814
Fort Breendonk		Antwerp	Belgium	Early 20th century
Fort Kugelbake		Cuxhaven	Germany	1869-1879	Not to be confused with the Kugelbake sea ​​mark
Langlütjen		Nordenham	Germany	around 1870
Skansin		Tórshavn , Faroe Islands	Denmark	1580, extension 1780
Hanstholm		Skagerrak	Denmark	1940
Søndervig		Ringkøbing	Denmark	1941	Part of the Atlantic Wall
Tirpitz position		Esbjerg	Denmark	1944	Part of the Atlantic Wall
Suomenlinna ( Russian Свеаборг ) ( Swedish Sveaborg )		Helsinki	Finland	1748
Bomarsund ( Russian Бомарсунд )		Åland	Finland	1832
Devil's Gap Battery		Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Haynes Cave Battery		Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Princess Anne's Battery		Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Napier of Magdala Battery		Gibraltar	Gibraltar	1873
Moorish Castle		Gibraltar	Gibraltar	711
Charles V Wall		Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Parson's Lodge Battery		Gibraltar	Gibraltar
Cambridge Battery		Marsamxett Harbor	Malta	1878
Delle Grazie Battery			Malta	1888
Fort St Leonardo			Malta	1875
Garden Battery		Marsamxett Harbor	Malta	1890
Rinella Battery		Grand Harbor	Malta	1879
Żonqor Battery		Marsaskala Bay	Malta	1882
Fortifications on Hollands Diep and Volkerak			Netherlands	1748
Fort Kijkduin		The hero	Netherlands	1811
Fort Rammekens		Vlissingen	Netherlands	16th century, expansion 19th/20. century
Kornwerderzand			Netherlands	1927
Position of Amsterdam			Netherlands	1881
Akershus		Oslo	Norway	1299	Expansion 18th century
Bergenhus		Mountains	Norway	12th Century	Expansion of the Second World War
Fjell		Sotra	Norway	1942	Part of the Atlantic Wall
Oscarsborg		Oslo	Norway	1836
Vardøhus fortress		Vardø	Norway	1300	Expansion in 1738
Jenische		Kerch	Ukraine	1699
Tank turret battery BB-30 ( Russian ББ-30 - Бронебашенная батарея-30 )		Sevastopol	Ukraine	1934	Planning 1914, completion 1934, destruction 1941, rebuilt after the Second World War
Turret battery BB-35 ( Russian ББ-35 - Бронебашенная батарея-35 )		Sevastopol	Ukraine	1934	Planning 1914, completion 1934, destruction 1941, not rebuilt after World War II
Älvsborgs fästning		Gothenburg	Sweden	1366	Expansion 17th century
Floor fästning		ground	Sweden	1901
Carlstens fästning		Marstrandsö	Sweden	1658	Expansion 18th century
Nya Elfsborg		Gothenburg	Sweden	1650
Kronstadt		St. Petersburg	Russia	1703
Nyenschantz ( Russian Ниеншанц ) ( Swedish Nyenskans; )		St. Petersburg	Russia	1611
Peter and Paul Fortress ( Russian Петропавловская крепость )		St. Petersburg	Russia	1703
Sea fortress of Emperor Peter the Great ( Russian Морская Крепость имени Императора Петра Великого )		St. Petersburg	Russia	1912
Schlüsselburg ( Russian Шлиссельбург )		St. Petersburg	Russia	13th Century
Castelo do Queijo		postage	Portugal	17th century
Forte de Sacavém		Sacavém	Portugal	1872
Fortaleza de Sagres		Sagres	Portugal
Valletta		Valletta	Malta	1565	Fortress city
Fort St Elmo		Valletta	Malta	1551
Fort St. Angelo		Birgu	Malta	1530
Fort St Michael		Senglea	Malta	1551
Fort Ricasoli		Grand Harbor	Malta	1670
Fort Manoel		Manoel Island	Malta	1723
Fort Tigne		Marsamxett Harbor	Malta	1792
Wignacourt Towers		Malta , Gozo , Comino	Malta	1609-1649
Redin Towers		Malta , Gozo	Malta	1649-1661
Fort Sliema		Sliema	Malta	1872
Fort St Rocco			Malta	1873
Fort St Lucian			Malta	1874
Fort Pembroke			Malta	1875
Fort Delimara		Marsaxlokk	Malta	1876
Fort Tas-Silg			Malta	1879
Fort Bingemma			Malta	1875
Fort Madliena			Malta	1879
St Paul's Battery		St Thomas Bay	Malta	1881
Spinola Battery			Malta	1889
Pembroke Battery			Malta	1897
Wolseley Battery			Malta	1897
Fort Bengisha			Malta	1910
Fort Campell			Malta	1937
Fort Chambray		Gozo	Malta	1749
Yedikule		Istanbul	Turkey
Rumeli Hisari		Istanbul	Turkey	1452
Castle Gornet		Cornet skirt	guernsey	1206
Fort Boyard		Île d'Aix	France	1801
Maunsell forts		Thames Estuary , Merseymündung	United Kingdom	1942
Newhaven Fort		Newhaven	United Kingdom	1865-1871
Fort belt around Plymouth		Plymouth	United Kingdom	1860-1900

See also

• Martello tower
• Coastal gun
• List of coastal guns