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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Elizabeth River |
| Coordinates | 36°53′33″N 76°21′34″W / 36.89250°N 76.35944°W |
| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State | Virginia |
| City | City of Portsmouth |
| Demographics | |
| Population | none |
| Craney Island Fort | |
|---|---|
| Craney Island, Portsmouth (formerly Norfolk County), Virginia | |
| Type | Earthwork fort |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Condition | No remains |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1813, 1862 |
| Built by | United States Army Corps of Engineers Confederate forces |
| In use | 1813–1820, 1862 |
| Materials | Earth |
| Battles/wars | War of 1812 American Civil War |
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Craney Island is a point of land in the independent city of Portsmouth in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. The location, formerly in Norfolk County, is near the mouth of the Elizabeth River opposite Lambert's Point on Hampton Roads. It is home to the Craney Island US Naval Supply Center, managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 686. ISBN 9780665291364.
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