Durmstrang School

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 154256

Durmstrang School

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

hagrid:
> > Where do you think Drumstrang is?

bboyminn:
>
> After carefull analysis, here is where I think Durmstrang is ...
>
> "Where in the World is Durmstrang?"
> http://bluemoonmarket.homestead.com/files/murmansk/pg1.htm
>
> It is on the Murmansk/Kola Peninsula of North Western Russia, north of
> St. Petersburg in an area just east of Finland. Though I do NOT think
> Durmstrang is literally in Murmansk (which is actually a city). I
> think it is more likely in a large unpopulated area south west of
> Murmansk in a mountainous region near the Finland boarder - see maps.

Geoff:
Steve, this is not the first time you have raised this question.

Back in message 84004, which was in a long thread about the location
of Hogwarts, you slipped in the following comment::

"bboy_mn:

<snip>

Durmstang-
Surely the Russian Murmansk peninsula just east of Northern Finland.

<snip>

Can I prove that? No! But all three locations fit the books very closely.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn"

In the Hogwarts discussion, I tried to present specific evidence which
pointed to such places as Rannoch Moor or the Knoydart peninsula.

Can you expand on why you particularly favour the Murmansk area 
against other places in that sort of location, such as parts of Finland or
further east in Russia?

I'm not questioning your choice, because I don't know the area, but
am interested to know the clues which led you to that conclusion.