Fort Clinch is a 19th century Third System masonry coastal fortification located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River, in Nassau County, Florida. The fort lies to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound and lies within Fort Clinch State Park.
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