Westeros
A continent the size of South America.
Westeros is the elongated continent where most of A Song of Ice and Fire takes place, roughly the size of South America. It holds the Seven Kingdoms, south of the Wall.
Quick Facts
- Size
- Roughly South America
- Kingdoms
- The Seven Kingdoms
Lore & Background
The Wall is a huge ice barrier, said to be fused with magic, 700 feet high and running 300 miles from coast to coast. South of it, a swampy isthmus called the Neck divides the Seven Kingdoms into the North and the South.
Reader's Guide
The continent's northern extent is unknown, though it is thought to merge with a polar ice cap north of the Shivering Sea called the White Waste.
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