HPfGU Geography - Durmstrang

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 92116

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "bviridis" <bufo_viridis at i...>
wrote:
> I guess it has been discussed to death, but as I was kindly directed 
> to the Geography section in HPfGU Fantastic Posts, in the section on 
> location of Durmstrang, in the Latvia subsection, it's clearly stated:
> (quote)
> CON: None so far; if you have arguments for this category, please 
> bring them up on the list. 
> 
> So please put aside your rotten tomatoes or change the note :)
> 
> Anyway may arguments for insuitability of Latvia are:
> 1. flat as a pancake
> 2. more or less at the same latitude as Hogwarts, so there stressing 
> "very short days in winter" won't have so much sense.
> 
> Personally I vote for Karelia region, because:
> 1. it's on the extreme border of German influence
> 2. the hills - small ones - are sligtly bigger than in Latvia; terrain 
> there is more rugged
> 3. more to north than Scotland (~Shetlands/Faroe)
> 
> Cheers, Viridis
> PS. Can somebody explain to me the sense of existence of the nearly 
> identically named yahoo groups (Hary_Potter_for_Grownups and HP (Harry 
>  Potter)forGrownups? This a rhetorical question, BTW.

bboy_mn:

I have professed many times that the ideal location is the Kola
Peninsula of Russia near the city of Murmansk. This peninsula is just
to the north west of Finland.

-It somewhat fits the implication of 'Scandinavia'.
-It is far enought north to have restricted daylight hours.
-It has lots of lake, as well as high hills/low mountains, and
generally rugged terrain.
-It is a desolate, sparsely populated region with few towns and roads.
-Being in Russia would create a logical connection to other Eastern
European counties.

http://bluemoonmarket.homestead.com/files/murmansk/pg1.htm

Please view the convinient maps I have created.

Thank you, and good night.

bboy_mn