Interactive Game of Thrones Map of Westeros, Essos, Houses, Battles & Character Routes
Explore every castle, kingdom, battle site and character route from Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire on a detailed interactive atlas. Search and filter map pins across Westeros and Essos, click any marker for lore context, and use each guide link to explore the full ThroneAtlas knowledge map.
The ThroneAtlas interactive Game of Thrones map is a free, browser-based atlas of the Known World. It covers Westeros and Essos with searchable pins for locations, houses, characters, battles, lore events and regional map pages. Use the sidebar to search, filter and open connected ThroneAtlas guides.
How to Use the Interactive Game of Thrones Map
ThroneAtlas is designed like a maester’s map table. You can search any important place, narrow the map by entity type, open rich popup cards, and move from the atlas into detailed guide pages.
Open the Interactive Map
The map loads directly inside your browser. All major pins appear across Westeros and Essos by default. On mobile, tap the menu button to open the sidebar.
Search Any Entity
Type a castle, city, house, character, battle or lore event into the search bar. Try Winterfell, Lannister, Battle of the Blackwater or Daenerys.
Filter by Category
Use the filters for Locations, Houses, Characters, Battles, Lore and Maps to narrow the visible markers and sidebar list.
Click a Marker
Select any pin or sidebar item to open a popup with the name, region, short explanation and related ThroneAtlas guide links.
Zoom and Pan
Zoom into The North, King’s Landing, Slaver’s Bay, the Free Cities or the Dothraki Sea. Desktop and mobile touch navigation are supported.
Follow Character Routes
Use the Characters layer to trace important story waypoints for Jon Snow, Daenerys Targaryen, Arya Stark, Tyrion Lannister and more.
The Westeros Map — Nine Kingdoms, One Iron Throne
Westeros is the western continent of the Known World and the political heart of Game of Thrones. It stretches from the Wall and the frozen lands beyond it to the deserts of Dorne, with each region shaped by geography, ruling houses, military routes and old loyalties.
🏔 The North
The North is the largest region of Westeros, ruled by House Stark from Winterfell. It contains Winterfell, Castle Black, the Wall, White Harbor, the Dreadfort and the road toward the lands beyond the Wall.
Its size, harsh climate and distance from King’s Landing make it politically independent in spirit even when formally tied to the Iron Throne.
👑 Crownlands
The Crownlands center on King’s Landing and the Iron Throne. Dragonstone sits nearby in Blackwater Bay, making the region central to both Targaryen history and the final conquest of Westeros.
This is where power is most visible: the Red Keep, royal court, wildfire stores, Blackwater Bay and the road network connecting the capital to the rest of the realm.
🌊 Riverlands
The Riverlands are strategically important because rivers, roads and armies constantly cross through them. Riverrun, the Twins and Harrenhal are key pins in this region.
Many wars in Westeros pass through the Riverlands because whoever controls the crossings controls movement between northern and southern kingdoms.
☀ Dorne
Dorne occupies the southernmost part of Westeros. Its deserts, mountains and coastline made it difficult for Targaryen dragons and royal armies to fully conquer by force.
Sunspear, the seat of House Martell, anchors the Dornish map layer and connects the region to old alliances, revenge plots and royal marriage politics.
The Essos Map — Free Cities, Dothraki Sea, Slaver’s Bay and Old Valyria
Essos is the vast eastern continent across the Narrow Sea from Westeros. It contains the Free Cities, the Dothraki Sea, Slaver’s Bay, Qarth, Volantis and the haunted ruins of Old Valyria.
🏛 The Free Cities
Braavos, Pentos, Myr, Tyrosh, Lys, Volantis, Qohor, Norvos and Lorath form the Free Cities of western Essos. These city-states connect trade, banking, assassins, exile and mercenary politics.
- Braavos: Iron Bank, Faceless Men and Arya’s training.
- Pentos: Daenerys and Viserys begin their exile story here.
- Volantis: one of the oldest and most powerful Valyrian colonies.
🐴 Dothraki Sea
The Dothraki Sea is a huge grassland across central Essos. Vaes Dothrak is the only permanent Dothraki city, sacred to the dosh khaleen and the khalasars.
Daenerys’s transformation from exiled princess to khalasar leader is deeply tied to this region.
⛓ Slaver’s Bay
Astapor, Yunkai and Meereen form the core of Slaver’s Bay. Daenerys’s campaign to free the Unsullied and abolish slavery reshapes the political map of southern Essos.
- Astapor: where Daenerys acquires and frees the Unsullied.
- Yunkai: a major slaving city.
- Meereen: Daenerys rules here before sailing west.
🐉 Old Valyria
Old Valyria was the center of the Valyrian Freehold before the Doom destroyed it. The ruins remain a cursed and dangerous region tied to dragons, sorcery and House Targaryen’s origin.
Its placement on the map helps explain why Dragonstone became so important to the surviving Targaryens.
The Great Houses of Westeros on the Map
Each great house is tied to a seat of power. Mapping those seats makes the political geography of the series much easier to understand.
Major Battles Marked on the Game of Thrones Map
The battle layer shows where the most important military events happened and why geography shaped each result.
| Battle | Location | Season | Victor | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Blackwater | King’s Landing | S2 E9 | Lannister / Tyrell | Wildfire destroys Stannis’s fleet and saves the capital. |
| Battle of Castle Black | The Wall | S4 E9 | Night’s Watch | The Wall becomes the major military border of the northern story. |
| Massacre at Hardhome | Beyond the Wall | S5 E8 | Night King | Shows the scale of the Army of the Dead. |
| Battle of the Bastards | Winterfell | S6 E9 | Stark / Vale | Restores Stark control of Winterfell. |
| Loot Train Attack | The Reach | S7 E4 | Targaryen / Dothraki | First major open-field dragon attack in Westeros. |
| The Long Night | Winterfell | S8 E3 | The Living | Arya kills the Night King and ends the Army of the Dead. |
Frequently Asked Questions About the Game of Thrones Map
Direct answers for fans exploring Westeros, Essos and the ThroneAtlas interactive atlas.
TL;DR — Key Takeaways About the ThroneAtlas Interactive Map
- The map is a free browser-based atlas of Westeros and Essos.
- It includes searchable layers for locations, houses, characters, battles, lore and map pages.
- Westeros is organized around nine political regions and their seats of power.
- Essos covers the Free Cities, Dothraki Sea, Slaver’s Bay and Old Valyria.
- The map is designed to support deep internal linking across ThroneAtlas.