{{short description|Danish trading fort}} {{Infobox military installation | name = Fort Kongenstein | location = Ada Foah, Ghana | image = Remains_of_Fort_Kongenstein_(B).jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Remains of Fort Kongenstein | pushpin_map = Ghana#Africa | pushpin_relief = y | pushpin_mapsize = | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=it}} | height = | controlledby = | built = 1783 | builder = | fate = washed away by the sea | condition = ruins }} '''Fort Kongenstein''' ({{langx|da|Fort Kongensten}}) was a Danish trading fort located in Ada Foah, Ghana built in 1783.<ref name=FK>{{cite web|title=Fort Kongenstein, Ada|url=http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-kongenstein.php|publisher=ghanamuseums.org|accessdate=12 January 2014|archive-date=2 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502123739/http://www.ghanamuseums.org/forts/fort-kongenstein.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> A greater portion of the fort has since been washed away by the sea waves.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Rising seas washing away Ghana's former slave forts|journal=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/1004/Rising-seas-washing-away-Ghana-s-former-slave-forts|publisher=.csmonitor.com|accessdate=13 January 2014|date=2012-10-04}}</ref>
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Category:Danish Gold Coast Kongenstein Category:Former Danish colonies Category:Greater Accra Region Category:Military installations established in 1783 Category:18th century in Ghana