"WE STILL LIVE!" ...John Carter
Copyright © 1982, 1996-2005 All Rights Reserved.
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GEOGRAPHIC
- Arizona
- location of Carter and Powell's gold mine; Apache indians are the indigenous people. United States.
- Artolian Hills
- -- (aka Snow Clad Mountains) surrounds the northern city of Duhor.
- Carrion Caves
- -- subterranean entrance to Okar "At the opening to the subterranean passage that led to their haven of refuge a mighty battle was fought in which the yellow men were victorious, and within the caves that gave ingress to their new home they piled the bodies of the dead, both yellow and green, that the stench might warn away their enemies from further pursuit.
"And ever since that long-gone day have the dead of this fabled land been carried to the Carrion Caves, that in death and decay they might serve their country and warn away invading enemies. Here, too, is brought, so the fable runs, all the waste stuff of the nation--everything that is subject to rot, and that can add to the foul stench that assails our nostrils."
- Dead Sea of Korvas
- -- located at dead city of Korvas; remaining open water of one of the ancient seas of Barsoom.
- Death, the
- -- an underground river passing beneath Tjanath that empties into the Valley of Spiders. See Syl river below.
- Domnia
- -- nation located some distance from Tarid on Thuria.
- forbidden land
- -- term applied to the north polar region until after Okar was discovered.
- Forest of Lost Men
- -- rare wooded area of Barsoom, near the equator, land of the invisible men.
- Golden Cliffs
- -- surrounds Valley Dor with 5,000 foot perpendicular walls; veins of gold, quartz, rubies, emeralds and diamonds lace the cliff faces.
- Gooli
- -- a large island with hills and dale, forest and pleasant shoreline; Toonolian Marsh
- Gulf of Torquas
- -- ancient sea bed now a moss-covered valley between Torquas to the east and Xanator to the west.
- Helium Forest
- -- Helium (Giant)
- Hohr Valley
- -- northwest of Tjanath; Ghasta, where runs the River Syl; a fertile, near tropical area, where a species of large upside-down spiders live.
- Hudson River
- located United States, Earth.
- Island of Ompt
- -- in the Toonolian Marshes
- Isle of Shador
- -- a prison island in Omean Sea
- Iss
- -- also known as River of Mystery, River of Death; empties into the Lost Sea of Korus via subteranean outlet beneath the Otz Mountains; believed to run the breadth of Barsoom, those embarking upon the final pilgrimage apparently have access to various points along it's unstated course for boat travel to Valley Dor.
- Kaolian Forest
- -- a heavily wooded area near Kaol; situated near Polodona (the equator).
- Korus, Lost Sea of
- -- open body of water, Valley Dor
- Land of the First Born
- -- at the south pole
- Land of Lost Souls
- -- fertile band of land at the outer edge of the Otz Mountains to the south and the immense ice shield to the north.
- Little Colorado
- river in United States; where Carter and Burroughs met.
- Location: 150W 15NL
- -- dead sea bottom covered with ochre vegetation with low hills in the distance; a place where a misaligned directional compass brought John Carter and Vor Daj during an overnight flight from Helium; approximately 2600 miles soughtwest of Phundahl. (Synthetic)
- Lotharian Hills
- separates Lothar from the hordes of Torquas.
- Mountains of Torquas
- -- large range of mountains northwest of Aaanathor (Thuvia)
- Morbus, Island of
- -- Large island with hills, forests, and swamp areas located in the Toonolian Marsh, approximately 700 miles from Phundahl.
- Nuuanu Pali
- agricultural area, Hawaii, United States.
- Oahu
- one of the Hawaiian Islands, Earth.
- Omean, the Buried Sea
- -- vast body of water located two miles beneath south pole (Gods)
- Otz Mountains
- -- Surround Golden Cliffs and Valley Dor (Gods)
- Otz Valley
- -- surrounds Valley Dor; aka the Land of Lost Souls.
- Polodona
- -- the equator
- Syl
- -- river running through the Hohr Valley.
- Thavas
- -- island of the Toonolian Marsh located near Toonol; the ancestral home of Ras Thavas.
- Throxeus (or Throxus)
- -- mightiest of the Five Dead Oceans of Barsoom; no specific boundaries are known, though in all probability the swamps near Gathol and the Toonolian Marsh are remnants. The five oceans were composed of salt water.
- Toonolian Marshes
- -- 1800 earth miles of marsh stretching between Phundahl on the west to Toonol on the east, narrow winding waterways connect small bodies of water, the largest of which is a few acres in area; marsh, jungle, and water, dotted by rocky islands which may be the remains of an ancient mountain range, often forested by thick jungle. The area is densely populated by "fierce beasts and terrifying reptiles, by remnants of savage aboriginal tribes long isolated." 19' to 27' N Lat; 90' to 123' W Lon
- Valley Dor
- -- south pole, Martian Heaven
- Valley of Helium
- -- area between the twin cities of Helium.
- Valley of Lost Souls
- -- at south pole between Valley Dor and Otz Mountains
- Valley of the First Born
- -- here Kamtol lies
- Zanor
- -- island home of the Jovian Savators (Sasoom).
Copyright © 1982, 1996-2005 by David Bruce Bozarth. All Rights Reserved.
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