Fortress
Fort Angké
🇮🇩 Indonesia · 17th century
Fort Anké was a fort located in North Jakarta, Indonesia. It was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1657 along the river of the same name, to the west of the city of Jakarta. Historical names for the fort include Anckee, Anke, and Ankee.
Three officers of the French corsair Le Modeste were held as prisoners at the fort for five months, when French naturalist J.-J. La Billardière visited them in November 1796. The same text says the fort was located an hour from Batavia.
A Dutch map from 1740 shows the fort at the intersection of the Mookervaart channel and Angke river.
Text adapted from “Fort Anké” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Angké ranks #6,474 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 41 mapped in Indonesia. Founded 1657, it is older than 26% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Indonesia compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fort Angké?
Fort Angké stands in Indonesia, at -6.1434°, 106.77592°.
When was Fort Angké built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1657. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort Angké?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,474 of 8,134 worldwide, and #31 in Indonesia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort Angké?
Batavia Castle, about 4 km away.
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