MAPS AND SCENIC IMAGES

These maps and scenic images are linked here through the graciousness and talent of the superb Xerxex for your use and enjoyment. Xerxex, who is a professional in the field of ecogeography, holds the copyrights and grants permission for any non-commercial use, including display on websites, and including "cropped" or otherwise "manipulated" versions, in the hope that these and future donations will help Gor-related geography and geology come alive for the Gorean fan community. The sole restriction is that these images may not be used on any site or in any way that promotes or depicts, directly or indirectly, child pornography or pedophilia.

Note: Gorean cartography is by its very nature conjectural. The maps and images here are based on attention to textual information found in the Gor series coupled with scientific knowledge. No endorsement by John Norman is implied.

 

Map of the Rainforests

The rainforests straddle the equator. To their south are the Ta-Thassa Mountains and the Southern Plains. To their north are part of the Ven Highlands and the Northern Plains. To their east is the corridor of plains connecting the Northern and Southern Plains, beyond which are the Voltai Mountains. To the west is Thassa.

 

Map of the Southern Plains

The Southern Plains are bounded on the east by the southern extension of the Voltai Mountains, on the south and west by Thassa, and on the north by the Ta-Thassa Mountains and the corridor of plains over which the armies of the Wagon Peoples once rode to Ar itself.

 

Map of the Rainforests and Southern Plains

 

The Thentis Mountains

In addition to having lower elevations that allow for blackwine cultivation, the Thentis Mountains have lofty peaks that tower over those of the Voltai.

 

Midnight Sun on a Fjord

A fjord is pictured in the Torvaldsland area. The Ax Glacier country is above the Arctic Circle and is a land of the midnight sun.

 

Thassa

The vastness of Thassa on a calm day is pictured here. Notice that the curvature of the horizon is more acute that would be expected of a similar scene depicting Earth. The scene is sized for a planet comparable to Venus.

 

The Rainforests

The man-made canal project through some 400 pasangs of swamplands was undertaken to link Lakes Ushindi and Ngao.

The Ua River descends in a series of falls and plateaus.

 

The Barrens

The Barrens has grasslands and small mixed forests.

 

The Voltai Mountains

The Voltai Mountains are made of many chains and so have considerable width.