Glossary / Places
Places
Real locations and fictional facilities significant to Mapmakers military, political, and institutional history. Story events are distinguished from real geography.
23 published entries
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Cherry Point
A military aviation location in North Carolina associated with Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.
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El Paso–Ciudad Juárez border region
The cross-border metropolitan area on the Texas–Chihuahua frontier.
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Fort Bliss
A United States Army installation in El Paso, Texas.
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Geneva
The Swiss city used for major international negotiations.
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Jerusalem
A city of profound importance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Kaliningrad
A Russian Baltic exclave separated from mainland Russia.
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Mexico City
Mexico’s capital and principal national political center.
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Mount Paektu Orbital Research Base
A named North Korean orbital project introduced in The Divided Peninsula.
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Nevatim Airbase
An Israeli Air Force installation in southern Israel.
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Panmunjom
A historic location at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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Pyongyang
North Korea’s capital.
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Riga
Latvia’s capital.
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Seoul
South Korea’s capital.
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Southern Taiwan
The southern part of Taiwan, including approaches central to the opening invasion.
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Suwałki Gap
A narrow land connection between Poland and Lithuania, bounded by Kaliningrad and Belarus.
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Taipei
Taiwan’s capital and political center.
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Taiwan Strait
The body of water separating Taiwan from mainland China.
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Tel Aviv
A major Israeli coastal city and setting in The Holy Land.
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Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif
A sacred precinct in Jerusalem, described with both of its widely used names.
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Terehova–Burachki crossing
A border crossing between Latvia and Russia.
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Tora Bora / Spin Ghar
The mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan associated with the Tora Bora complex.
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United Nations Headquarters, New York
The principal United Nations headquarters complex in New York City.
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Vilnius
The capital of Lithuania, a Baltic NATO state.
Open entry →These facilities have established technical reference pages and are cross-linked here rather than recreated:
Shackleton Station (Lunar logistics and industrial hub) · Domus Astrorum (Large rotating space habitat) · The Mine: asteroid industrial station (Remote facility central to Book Six).