Azkaban Location (was: Geography)

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10828

> I thought Azkaban was Azerbaijan the Azerbaijan republic, a
> constituent republic of the USSR, lying between the Black and Caspian
> Seas and containing the Baku oilfields. Until the early 19th c. it
> formed part of Persia; pop. (est. 1987) 6,811,000; capital, Baku.

LOL! No, it's quite plainly stated (though I've lent my books out and can't
give a reference, but I heard it in my audiobook today) that Azkaban is on
an island out to sea. We assume it's fairly close to the UK.

--John 

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John Walton                 john at walton.to

"Con-ser-va-tive, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as
distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others."
--Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", 1842-c.1914

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