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Several of the Free Cities lies on its shores. It is separated from the Summer Sea by the islands known as the Stepstones. The Narrow Sea divides Westeros from Essos.The Summer Islands are located in the Summer Sea, south-east of Westeros and west of Sothoryos. The island of Great Moraq separates the Summer Sea from the Jade Sea to the east. The Summer Sea is a large ocean located south of Westeros and Essos, separating those continents from Sothoryos.Some of the ironborn have claimed to have discovered islands several weeks' sail to the west of Westeros, but these claims have not been confirmed.

There has been no verified, successful crossing of the Sunset Sea to whatever lands lie beyond.

The Sunset Sea lies to the west of Westeros.

Ulthos: A mysterious and obscure landmass, this continent lies south of Essos and east of Sothoryos.

It is known for its ruined cities, hairy apes and devastating plagues.

Sothoryos: A hot, humid land of dense jungles and burning deserts, located south of Essos and south-east of Westeros.

Unlike unified Westeros, Essos is fractious and unruly, consisting of numerous powerful city-states and only a few kingdoms.

Essos: Separated from Westeros by the Narrow Sea, Essos is an immense landmass, several times larger than Westeros.

Most of Westeros is united as a single political entity known as the 'Seven Kingdoms', ruled by the King on the Iron Throne in the city of King's Landing.

Westeros: Located in the far west of the known world, Westeros is a long, thin continent stretching for some three thousand miles from the Wall to the Summer Sea, with an unknown amount of land north of the Wall.

There are four known continents: Westeros, Essos, Sothoryos and Ulthos.

The world stretches for thousands upon thousands of miles, the majority of it covered by ocean. The world of A Song of Ice and Fire has no overall name, with its inhabitants simply referring to it as 'the world'.

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