Locations

The My Little Pony Friendship is Magic franchise features many geographical locations, and takes place primarily in the magical land of Equestria.
==Equestria==
 Equestria is the main setting of the show. The exact affiliation of most locations with Equestria is not specified. A stylized map of Equestria appears in the series' guidebook, and it encompasses most of the locations below. A more updated version was included in The Art of Equestria. Other locations that appear or are mentioned in the series are also included.
===Ponyville===
 Ponyville is a small town that is the main setting of the Friendship is Magic series and the home of its main characters. Princess Twilight Sparkle's Castle of Friendship is found there at the very end of season four. Ponyville was founded by Earth ponies, but came to be inhabited by Pegasi and unicorns as well.
===Canterlot===
 Canterlot is the capital of Equestria and home to the royal palace of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. It was also the home of Twilight Sparkle and Spike prior to their relocation to Ponyville. Canterlot is where large events such as the Grand Galloping Gala take place. The name is a reference to Camelot, the home to King Arthur and his "Knights of The Round Table" as well as being a play on the word "canter," a three-beat gait possessed by all horses that is faster than a trot but slower than a gallop.
===Everfree Forest===
 The Everfree Forest is located outside of Ponyville. The ponies say the forest is not natural and it doesn't work like the rest of Equestria, since plants grow by themselves, animals care for themselves, and the weather changes without the help of ponies. Zecora's hut is located in the forest and it is also home to some strange creatures, including ursas, timberwolves and parasprites. The Tree of Harmony is found far into the forest, in a gorge located near the Castle of the Two Sisters. Fluttershy envisions her banishment from Equestria in the episode A Bird in the Hoof in a place visually matching the Everfree Forest. Spike, feeling abandoned, goes to a place visually matching the Everfree Forest, and not very far from Ponyville, in Owl's Well That Ends Well.
===Saddle Lake===
 Featured in Griffon the Brush Off,AssetsLicensor.zip. Archived. Winter Wrap Up, Too Many Pinkie Pies, Maud Pie, Leap of Faith, Tanks for the Memories, The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows, Triple Threat, and School Daze - Part 1. It is present on the official map of Equestria, under the title of "Saddle L.".
===White Tail Woods===
 The site for the Running of the Leaves held in the episodes Fall Weather Friends and Tanks for the Memories, where the ponies run through the forest to shake the leaves off the trees. It is also mentioned in A Royal Problem and in chapter 4 of The Stormy Road to Canterlot, and serves as a major setting in the My Little Pony: Spirit of the Forest IDW miniseries. It is present on the official map of Equestria, and on the world overview map in Gameloft's mobile game. The name of the woods is possibly inspired by the white-tailed deer.
===Froggy Bottom Bogg===
 Froggy Bottom Bogg is featured in Feeling Pinkie Keen. As the name suggests, it is a swampland consisting of mangroves and bubbling swamp water. Fluttershy relocates some frogs to the bog because of overpopulation. When Pinkie Pie gets an ominous premonition, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Spike and Pinkie Pie venture to the bog to make sure Fluttershy is okay. They come upon a hydra who chases them to a chasm which they cross in order to escape.
In Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare, Rainbow Dash swims to the bottom of the bog on a dare. In chapter 1 of The Stormy Road to Canterlot, Tempest Shadow recalls visiting Froggy Bottom Bogg in her youth. The Bogg is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Cloudsdale===
 Cloudsdale is a city in the sky where the Best Young Flyer competition takes place and where Equestria's weather is made. Only Pegasi live and work there, since non-Pegasus ponies cannot stand on clouds without the aid of magic. It is also the former hometown of both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. The Weather Factory is located there. The name is a reference to the Clydesdale, a breed of draft horses.
===Rambling Rock Ridge===
 In A Dog and Pony Show, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, and The Return of Harmony Part 2. Rockridge is mentioned on page 1. Rambling Rock Ridge is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Appleloosa===
 Appleloosa is featured in the episode Over a Barrel. It is the hometown of Applejack's cousin Braeburn. It is a mostly arid location with a large orchard of apple trees. The Buffalo lands have their own chief and their denizens have a territorial battle with the newly arrived Equestrian settlers of Appleloosa. The name of the town comes from the Appaloosa breed of horse.
===Manehattan===
 Manehattan is a large city featured in The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Rarity Takes Manehattan, Made in Manehattan, and The Gift of the Maud Pie. It is the hometown of Babs Seed and Applejack's Aunt and Uncle Orange. The name is spelled "Manehatten" on the original version of the guidebook map, but spelled "Manehattan" on the updated version of the map. The name is a play on Manhattan Island, a section of New York City.
===Western Equestria===
 First mentioned in Pinkie Pie and the Rockin' Ponypalooza Party! Also mentioned by Fluttershy in It Ain't Easy Being Breezies. Later mentioned in the 2017 promotional video The Fresh Princess of Friendship, according to which Pinkie Pie was born and raised here. Mentioned again in Fluttershy Leans In, according to which Lola the sloth originated from here.
====Rockville====
 Rockville is identified as Pinkie Pie's hometown in the Hearthbreakers storybook adaptation The Reason for the Season. Rocksville is mentioned on page 5.
===Ghastly Gorge===
 A gorge filled with perils, such as a windy cave, bramble bushes and quarray eels. Rainbow Dash held a contest to see who would be her pet there in May the Best Pet Win!. Maud Pie considers moving to the gorge in Rock Solid Friendship. According to Applejack in Shadow Play - Part 2 and Granny Smith in A Trivial Pursuit, the gorge was originally the Ghastly Caverns before a thousand years of erosion turned it into the Ghastly Gorge. In Friendship University, Twilight Sparkle has a Ghastly Gorge postcard. In Road to Friendship, Starlight Glimmer and Trixie pass through the gorge on their way to Saddle Arabia. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Dodge Junction===
 Dodge Junction, sometimes called Dodge City, is an old-western town introduced in the episode The Last Roundup. Like Appleloosa, the town consists mostly of desert but capable of growing cherry trees. The town's name is a reference to Dodge City, Kansas, a town famous in the United States for its role in the wild frontier of the Old West.
===Frozen North===
 Featured in Siege of the Crystal Empire; evoked by Princess Celestia in The Crystal Empire - Part 1 and by Twilight in The Crystalling - Part 1; mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game as where BGE Unnamed Earth Stallion #2 was raised by an adoptive family; and featured in the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
====Crystal Empire====
 The Crystal Empire is introduced in season three's premiere episode. Celestia addresses the Crystal Empire as part of Equestria in the episode. In The Ballad of the Crystal Empire, Twilight Sparkle mentions the Crystal Kingdom as part of the Crystal Ponies' history. It is also home to the Crystal Ponies as well as Shining Armor and Princess Cadance, who took over the kingdom after King Sombra was defeated a second time by the Crystal Heart. The book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell names the Crystal Empire as part of Equestria.Chapter 1, "A Crown Achievement", of the chapter book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (previewable on Google Books), states that "The citizens of Equestria, including the newly recovered Crystal Empire, were living in a time of happiness and prosperity".
====Crystal Mountains====
 Featured in and ; mentioned by Twilight Sparkle and explored by Pinkie Pie in Party Pooped, mentioned and illustrated on page 12, also mentioned by Rainbow Dash in Top Bolt, explored by Star Swirl the Bearded and Rare Find in Friendship University, and supposedly seen around the Crystal Empire in the episodes The Crystal Empire - Part 2 and Games Ponies Play. It is present on the official map of Equestria. In Dragon Dropped, the Crystal Mountains are said to contain a "Great Gem Crevasse" that is only accessible once a year.
====Yaket Mountain Range====
Featured in . Yaket Range is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Winsome Falls===
 Winsome Falls are composed of multiple rainbow-colored waterfalls. It is the camping destination for Applejack, Apple Bloom, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Rainbow Dash, and Scootaloo in the episodes Sleepless in Ponyville and Campfire Tales.
===Tenochtitlan Basin===
 The Tenochtitlan Basin is a region located in a remote part of Equestria, mostly marked by trees. It is featured in the episode Daring Don't. Two areas of note here are Daring Do's house and the Fortress of Talacon. The basin shares its name with the ancient Aztec city-state Tenochtitlan.
===Rainbow Falls===
 An Equestrian village that appears in the season four episode of the same name. Like Winsome Falls, it mostly consists of rainbow-colored waterfalls, but also has a handful of dwellings and a training course for holding the Equestria Games tryouts. The village holds an annual Traders Exchange as seen in Trade Ya! Rainbow Falls can also briefly be seen in one of the dimensional rifts opened by Midnight Sparkle in My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games. In My Little Pony Best Gift Ever, Rainbow Falls hosts a Hearth's Warming Craft Fair. It is also featured in the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook.
===Fillydelphia===
 Fillydelphia is a largely modern city mentioned in several episodes and featured heavily in . It is home to both ponies and dragons. The city is also present on the official map. Its name is a play on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lauren Faust, the show's creator, mentioned in a comment on DeviantArt that she wanted to name the main setting of the show Fillydelphia but ultimately went with Ponyville.
===Las Pegasus===
 Las Pegasus is first mentioned in It's About Time and physically featured in Viva Las Pegasus. It is a popular vacation and tourist destination with bright lights, large crowds, and various games and activities. It is present on all versions of the official map of Equestria under two different spellings: "Los Pegasus" and "Las Pegasus". The name is a play on Las Vegas according to It's About Time writer M. A. Larson. Archived locally.
====Applewood====
 Applewood, Coltifornia is featured in , mentioned in , mentioned again in Lyra and Bon Bon and the Mares from S.M.I.L.E., featured again on My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1's regular cover, featured yet again in and the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, and also mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game. It is present on the official map of Equestria. The name is a play on Hollywood.
===Baltimare===
Baltimare is a city mentioned in It's About Time. It is referenced when Rainbow Dash gives a mini-report that a Pegasus just came back from there, and there was no danger. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned again on page 12. The Baltimare is mentioned in Viva Las Pegasus. In , Cheese Sandwich and several fillies are abducted from a party in Baltimare by a living house. It is briefly featured in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, where it shares its design with Maretropolis. In A Royal Problem, the mayor of Baltimare appears at Canterlot Castle in a heated argument with the mayor of Fillydelphia. In A Royal Problem's locked script, the mayor of Baltimare mentions that Baltimare is where Flash Prance "staged his final resistance against the horde". The city is present on the official map of Equestria, and on the world overview map in Gameloft's mobile game. Its name is a play on the real life city called Baltimore.
===Hollow Shades===
 Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names where Apple family members live. It is shown on a map, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. In Shadow Play - Part 2, it is shown in the present day when the Pony of Shadows rises to power again. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
====Well of Shade====
 The Well of Shade, also called the Well of Shadows, is an underground cistern located beneath the Hollow Shades. It is featured in Shadow Play - Part 2 as the site of Stygian's past transformation into the Pony of Shadows and present confrontation with the Pillars of Old Equestria and their allies. On pages 4-5, it is mentioned and appears in Stygian's dream. It is similar to Basilica Cistern in Turkey.
===Galloping Gorge===
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Foal Mountain===
 Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names and in Shadow Play - Part 1. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in and . In Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn, Twilight Sparkle travels to Bales, which is noted as being among the foothills of Foal Mountain. It is present on the official map of Equestria, and on the world overview map in Gameloft's mobile game.
====Bales====
Bales is a legendary town near Canterlot that is home to many books mentioned in the chapter books Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair and Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn. It is initially thought to be mythical until Twilight and Spike discover its existence. The city name is possibly a reference to the country Wales in the United Kingdom.
====Ponhenge====
 PonhengeSpelled as Ponhenge in Gameloft's mobile game and Shadow Play - Part 1 and Shadow Play - Part 2's scripts and as Ponehenge in Discovery Family closed captioning. is a magical rock formation located at the base of Foal Mountain and featured in the season seven finale Shadow Play; it also appears on page 1 and in Stygian's page 3 dream. It is the site from which Stygian tried to replicate the Pillars of Old Equestria's artifacts and the Pillars first banished the Pony of Shadows to limbo. Its name is a play on Stonehenge.
===Tall Tale===
Mentioned in the episode Apple Family Reunion by Apple Bloom while she is rattling off town names. It is shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Smokey Mountains===
 Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Mentioned in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. Featured in The Hooffields and McColts as the home of the Hooffield and McColt families. In Princess Luna and the Festival of the Winter Moon, Princess Luna is revealed to have first met Echo and Nocturn in the mountains. It is present on the official map of Equestria, and on the world overview map in Gameloft's mobile game. It is featured in My Little Pony: Cutie Map Quest A Punch-Out & Play Activity Book, according to which "The Smokey Mountains are two majestic peaks near Equestria's western shore. Between them lies a luscious valley where lots of critters live and play. Two pony families live on the mountains, the Hooffields and the McColts." Their name is a reference to the Great Smoky Mountains.
===Vanhoover===
Shown, without being identified by name, in Daring Don't, and again in Pinkie Pride and Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in A Dragon's Bounty. Mentioned by Rainbow Dash in Top Bolt and again in The Perfect Pear as the location to which Grand Pear and the Pear family moved in order to expand their family business some time before the series' present day. It is briefly featured in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook. It is also mentioned on Enterplay collectible card game α #31 R, a card of Full Steam, again in , and yet again in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria, and on the world overview map in Gameloft's mobile game. It is featured in the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. The name is a play on Vancouver. At the San Diego Comic-Con "Hasbro My Little Pony" panel on July 20, 2018, it was (mis?)identified as Princess Cadance's birthplace.
===Hill Top===
 Featured but unnamed in Three's A Crowd; Discord calls it "a hill at the very edge of Equestria", which together with the official map of Equestria narrows down its placement to either the San Palomino Desert or the Badlands. Featured and named in Friendship University; Star Swirl the Bearded writes on a Hill Top postcard to Twilight Sparkle.
===San Palomino Desert===
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds. Mentioned on Enterplay collectible card game Absolute Discord #7 C and #ƒ5, cards of Cheese Sandwich, again on page 12, and yet again in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
Either this location or the Badlands is shown on a horizon far from Canterlot in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 and page 2 panel 1 and/or includes Hill Top.
===Badlands===
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in , Tails of Equestria, and The Curse of the Statuettes. Mentioned in My Little Pony The Movie. It is present on the official map of Equestria.
Either this location or the San Palomino Desert is shown on a horizon far from Canterlot in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 and page 2 panel 1 and/or includes Hill Top.
====Dustmane Ridge====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
=====Umberfoal=====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes and The Festival of Lights.
======Agaricus Forest======
An underground forest containing the Agari's home city Agarica detailed in The Festival of Lights and The Bestiary of Equestria.
=====Trial of Wind=====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Site B====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Dodge Canyon====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Mane Six Campsite====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Site A & Trial of Earth====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Trial of Fire====
Featured in The Curse of the Statuettes.
====Tumbledown Mountain====
Featured in Filly Sized Follies.
====Clear Call Forest====
Featured in Filly Sized Follies.
=====Clear Call Crater=====
Featured in Filly Sized Follies.
=====Starfall=====
Featured in Filly Sized Follies.
===Unicorn Mountain Range===
Shown, without being identified by name, in Pinkie Pride and again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2. Featured in Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds and A Dragon's Bounty. Mentioned on page 12. In . Unicorn Range is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Breezie Village===
In the episode It Ain't Easy Being Breezies, Fluttershy says that the Breezies gather pollen from "western Equestria". An artificial breeze transports them in the episode, and they go through Ponyville, then a snowy place, then an arid one, and up to a cave above a canyon river and near a waterfall. An ephemeral portal in this cave leads to the Breezies' home: a minuscule town built among the mushrooms around a pond. Enterplay trading card series 3 #F2, a card of Seabreeze, and the official guidebook My Little Pony: The Elements of Harmony Volume II both list the location as "Breezie Village".
===Flame Geyser Swamp===
 The Flame Geyser Swamp is a foggy swamp with flame geysers featured in Somepony to Watch Over Me and Road to Friendship. Apple Bloom travels through here during a pie delivery and encounters a chimera that Applejack saves her from.
===Tartarus===
 Tartarus is first mentioned in It's About Time as a place where ancient, evil creatures are imprisoned, guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus. The location is mentioned again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1, where Lord Tirek is stated to have been confined there for the attempted theft of Equestria's magic, but escaped during the events of the former episode. In Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2, Tartarus makes its first appearance when Tirek conjures a portal to banish Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance there in revenge for his own imprisonment; and later when Twilight Sparkle and her friends return Tirek to Tartarus and free the princesses. It is also mentioned on page 11, in Slice of Life when Sweetie Drops says the bugbear attacking Ponyville originally escaped from there, on page 1, in a flashback in Celestial Advice when Celestia gets worried that Twilight might get pulled into Tartarus if she sends her off to Ponyville, and in . In School Raze - Part 1, the Mane Six and Spike visit Tartarus when the magic in Equestria starts to disappear and they suspect Tirek to be the cause. In Part 2, the Mane Six and Spike escape from Tartarus only to find out they are too late to stop Cozy Glow. At the end of the episode, as punishment for her actions against Equestria, Cozy is sentenced to imprisonment within Tartarus. In The Beginning of the End - Part 1, Tirek and Cozy are freed from their imprisonment by Grogar when he magically transports them out of their cages. In , Tartarus is mentioned and its entrance is seen on page 18.
Tartarus is based on the location of the same name in Greek mythology, being a deep, dark pit beneath the underworld where the wicked are condemned to eternal suffering. In It's About Time, Twilight Sparkle irregularly pronounces the name Tartarus as (tar-TAR-es), while it is pronounced in its traditional form as (TAR-tar-us) in later episodes.
===Neighagra Falls===
 Featured briefly without identification in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2, briefly with identification in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook, and prominently with identification in Once Upon a Zeppelin. Twilight Velvet goes barrel-jumping here during a free family zeppelin cruise. It is present on the official map of Equestria. Its name is a play on Niagara Falls.
===Our Town===
 This village, founded by Starlight Glimmer, is inhabited by various ponies, initially cutie unmarked and with rather insincere smiles. The village is visited by the Mane 6 in the season premiere of season five when the Castle of Friendship's Cutie Map points them to this location.
====Sugarville====
Discovery's VITAC captioning for The Break Up Break Down sometimes reinterprets Sugar Belle's name as Sugarville.
===Sire's Hollow===
 Sire's HollowFormatted as Sire's Hollow in Gameloft's mobile game, a May 5, 2018 tweet by Nicole Dubuc, and Discovery Family closed captioning and as Sires Hollow in Discovery Family Channel's YouTube video description for My Little Pony – Behind The Scenes – ‘The Parent Map’. is Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst's old hometown first featured in The Cutie Re-Mark - Part 2. It also appears in The Crystalling - Part 1 and The Parent Map. Starlight's father Firelight is the head of the town's Preservation Society, and Sunburst's mother Stellar Flare is the head of its Development Committee. It is named similarly to Stars Hollow, the fictional setting of Gilmore Girls.
===Seaward Shoals===
 Seaward Shoals, also called Silver Shoals by show staff and in The Beginning of the End - Part 1 and The Last Problem, is a coastal town featured in P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View), from which Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity embark on their cruise. It also briefly appears in Friendship University and The Point of No Return, and is featured in the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. Princesses Celestia and Luna later move to it after they retire in The Last Problem. Its various buildings are perched on stilts raised above the hilly coastline. Although not explicitly stated to be of Seaward Shoals, the flag flying from their vessel's mast is similar to the real-life flag of British Columbia, the province where My Little Pony's DHX Media Vancouver animation studio is located.
====Maretime Manor====
 Princess Celestia and Princess Luna's retirement home, introduced in . As with Maretime Bay, "Maretime" is a pun on "maritime".
===Stratusburg===
 Stratusburg is the hometown of Sky Stinger and Vapor Trail, mentioned in the season six episode Top Bolt. According to Vapor Trail, Sky Stinger was voted Stratusburg's most promising flyer while she was voted best sneeze. The city's name is derived from stratus clouds and possibly the French city of Strasbourg.
===Somnambula===
 Somnambula is a desert village in Southern Equestria where the season seven episode Daring Done? takes place. It is named after the legendary pony of the same name. The village is first mentioned in , also appears in and , is mentioned again in Beyond Equestria: Rainbow Dash Rights the Ship, and appears again in Road to Friendship.
===Hayseed Swamp===
 A bayou village featured in A Health of Information, briefly featured in A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, and Hayseed Junction in Growing Up is Hard to Do. It is the home village of Mage Meadowbrook. It is present on the official map of Equestria, which spells its name as "Hayseed Swamps" or "Haysead Swamps".
==="Nowhere"===
 In My Little Pony Best Gift Ever, Pistachio self-deprecatingly identifies himself as being "from Nowhere, Equestria."
====Sweet Acorn Orchard====
 Introduced in My Little Pony Best Gift Ever and Gameloft's mobile game as the family acorn farm of Oak Nut, Butternut, and Pistachio.
===Silver Stable Community===
 A retirement community for senior ponies. Twilight and Spike visit in search of Dusty Pages during The Point of No Return.
===Mt. Everhoof===
 A mountain covered in heavy winds featured in Frenemies and on the official map of Equestria. According to Discord, Gusty the Great stole Grogar's Bewitching Bell and hid it in a magically-protected cave at the top of this mountain. Cozy Glow, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis work together to climb the mountain and retrieve the Bell. The mountain and its name are a play on Mount Everest.
===Hope Hollow===
A small town featured in My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip. Called "the end of the rainbow", it was initially an idyllic place which celebrated a Rainbow Festival every year. For a time, the town and its inhabitants lost their colors after the inhabitants lost their sense of hope.
===Trottingham===
Trottingham is mentioned in Stare Master, where Rarity is making 20 gold-lined gowns for ponies there, and later mentioned in Luna Eclipsed, , Simple Ways, , and Crusaders of the Lost Mark. Its residents include Pipsqueak before a move, Queen Trottingham in a story, and Sassy Saddles before a move. On the official map, it is located in the Griffish Isles east of Equestria. It is also mentioned on Enterplay trading card series 2 #46, a card of Sir Lintsalot. It is probably a portmanteau of 'Nottingham', an English city, and 'trot', a jogging speed for horses.
===Macintosh Hills===
 Featured in . It is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Canter Creek===
 Shown on pages 1 and 22 and featured in and .
===New Horseleans===
 Shown on page 22, mentioned on The Fall of Sunset Shimmer page 5, page 20, page 12, and page 4, and appears in . Its name is a play on New Orleans, Louisiana.
===The Saddle Horn Peaks===
Shown on page 22 and mentioned on page 12.
===Green Mountains===
On pages 2-3, the Green Mountains are depicted on a map showing the route from Ponyville to Dimondia and mentioned by Rainbow Dash.
===Toomba Forest===
On pages 2-3, Toomba Forest is depicted on a map showing the route from Ponyville to Dimondia and mentioned by Rainbow Dash.
===Dimondia===
 Featured in and mentioned on page 1 when Trixie is being introduced prior to her magic act.
===Salt Lick City===
 Briefly featured in and and shown on page 3. Its name is a play on Salt Lake City, Utah.
===Seaddle===
 Mentioned on cover F, briefly featured in , mentioned again on page 1 and page 12, and briefly featured again in . Its name is a play on Seattle, Washington.
===Chicoltgo===
 Mentioned on page 3, shown on page 22, mentioned again on page 2, page 4, and page 12, and appears in . Its name is a play on Chicago, Illinois.
===Monacolt===
Monacolt is a coastal city featured in Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves and mentioned in Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn, The Festival of Lights, and The Bestiary of Equestria. It is ruled by Duchess Diamond Waves and home to the Monacolt Magic Academy. Its name is a play on Monaco.
===Canterine===
Mentioned in and visited by Rarity and Maud Pie in . It is within easy traveling distance of the Crystal Mountains.
===Forbidden Jungle===
Featured in . It is present on the official map of Equestria.
===Mareidian===
Featured in . Mage Meadowbrook stops here during her travels across Equestria, and she saves its population from a terrible epidemic.
===Foaledo===
 Briefly featured in . Its name is a play on Toledo.
===Horsolulu===
 Mentioned on page 3 and page 12 and appears in . Its name is a play on Honolulu.
==="another town"===
 Featured at the beginning of . Not Ponyville, according to Toni Kuusisto; scripted as "another town".
===Thrace===
 Briefly featured in . The homeland of the Thracian pony tribe, ruled by King Diomedes. Swift Foot and her older sisters live here. It is named after the real-life region of Southern Europe.
===Trotland===
 Featured in . Its name is a play on Scotland.
===Shire Lanka===
 Mentioned in The Last Crusade and featured at the beginning of . Scootaloo's parents Snap Shutter and Mane Allgood take on a new job assignment there, and a train runs between there and Ponyville once per month. Its name is a play on Sri Lanka.
===Maretime Bay===
 Maretime Bay is the main setting of My Little Pony: A New Generation and various storybooks and software and the home of many Earth ponies, including main characters Sunny Starscout and Hitch Trailblazer. It is a coastal city with a lighthouse where Sunny lives, a tram system, a cinema, and the Canterlogic factory building owned and managed by Phyllis Cloverleaf. Multiple "anti-unicorn" traps are built into the city streets. As with Maretime Manor, "Maretime" is a pun on "maritime".
In My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale, Sunny's lighthouse is renovated into the Crystal Brighthouse in the short A Home to Share, while Pipp Petals opens a musical hair salon in Welcome to Mane Melody. An art museum called the Hoouvre and a rope-climbing course are featured in The Unboxing of Izzy. In The Blockywockys, a disused fairground is revitalised by the magic of Izzy Moonbow (boosted by the Nova Charm). The new and improved fairground is quickly dubbed "The Boardtrot".
In the film's concept art, Maretime Bay was originally Ponyville, and it had a wall around the city to keep unicorns and Pegasi out and a rainbow factory, where Sunny worked.
===Zephyr Heights===
 Zephyr Heights is the home of many Pegasi, including Pipp Petals and Zipp Storm, in My Little Pony: A New Generation. It is a technologically advanced metropolis that rests on the peak of a tall mountain, with multiple skyscrapers, a castle where Pipp, Zipp, and their mother Queen Haven live, sprawling shopping centers, and an abandoned hot-air balloon station through which Earth ponies and unicorns used to visit the city. Much of the city is connected through computer networks and smartphones.
In the film's concept art, Zephyr Heights was originally Cloudsdale.
===Bridlewood===
 Bridlewood is the home of many unicorns, including Izzy Moonbow, in My Little Pony: A New Generation. It is a small town located in the middle of a large forest, with unicorn dwellings and other structures built directly into the trees and crystals growing out of the ground. The Crystal Tea Room, a local dining establishment, is run by Alphabittle. In contrast to the Earth ponies and Pegasi, the town has far less advanced technology; the primary piece of tech featured is powered by two armadillos in hamster wheels.
In the film's concept art, Bridlewood was originally located in the Everfree Forest.
===Prancing Point===
Prancing Point is a cliff peak, located within hiking distance of Maretime Bay. Sunny Starscout and her friends take a trip there in the My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale episode Sunny-Day Dinners.
===Opaline's Dark Castle===
thumb Equestria's dark castle owned by Opaline. It is situated on the side of a cliff; My Little Pony: Meet the Ponies of Maretime Bay Equestria-maps Opaline's Dark Castle northwest from Maretime Bay and west from Bridlewood. The interior is first seen in the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark special, with the outside being revealed in the series. It is later destroyed in Roots of All Evil Pt. 2. In the My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale (season 2) short The Lone Alicorn, Sunny and Zipp search the ruins for information on other Alicorns. What is left of the castle is demolished thanks to a Racoonicorn dance party shaking the ruins until they fall apart.
===Starlight Ridge===
Starlight Ridge is the home of the “Auroricorns”, a group of unicorns, in My Little Pony: Secrets of Starlight. It is an area covered in snow and ice, with a forest outside of a large settlement.
===Mentioned regions===
A few regions take part in the Equestria Games. Among these participants there are flags of Dodge Junction (also seen in The Last Roundup), the Griffon Kingdom (called as such in and ), the Crystal Empire, Cloudsdale, Appleloosa (also seen in Over a Barrel), Ponyville, and unspecified others.
====Hoofington====
Hoofington is a location mentioned by Trixie in Boast Busters as the site of her made-up battle with an ursa. The suffix -ington is derived from old English for "town". The name is quite similar to that of a political news website, The Huffington Post, and many cities named Huntington, the biggest being Huntington, New York.
====Saddle Arabia====
 Mentioned in Magic Duel, , My Little Pony The Movie, and Road to Friendship, Princess Celestia arrives in Ponyville with two representatives from this region in the earlier episode, Ahuizotl mentions remembering the scheme Dr. Caballeron pulled in Saddle Arabia, S04E26 Unnamed Earth Mare #1 exclaims to Apple Cobbler that "Everypony from Manehattan to Saddle Arabia is" in Canterlot for the Friendship Festival in the film, and Saddle Arabian unicorn Hoo'Far states that Saddle Arabia has "many fans" of Trixie in the later episode. The name is a play on the real life desert region kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
====Mustangia====
Mentioned in the episode Games Ponies Play by Ms. Peachbottom. In the episode, she tells Shining Armor that she is "just an ordinary wild mustang from Mustangia". The name 'Mustangia' is a play on the word 'mustang', a breed of wild horses.
====Maretania====
Mentioned in the episode Three's A Crowd by Princess Cadance. The "caverns of Maretania" are said to be a place explored by Star Swirl the Bearded. The name is a play on Mauritania.
====Maretonia====
The duke and duchess of Maretonia appear in attendance of the Equestria Games in the episode of the same name. They appear again in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 and visit the Crystal Empire for a summit with Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. Maretonia is also mentioned in Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves and by Cadance and Shining Armor in The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows. The name is a play on such names as Macedonia, or Estonia.
====Hoof City====
Mentioned in Appleoosa's Most Wanted.
====Pinto Creek====
Mentioned in Appleoosa's Most Wanted.
====Flash Freeze Lake====
Mentioned in Slice of Life. Steven Magnet states that Cranky Doodle Donkey once saved him from this location.
====Whinnyapolis====
 A delegate from Whinnyapolis appears in Princess Spike. A tourist couple from Whinnyapolis appears in Spice Up Your Life. The name of the city also appears on signs on cover F, page 3, and page 3. It is featured in the My Little Pony Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. The name is a play on the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
====Puerto Caballo====
Mentioned by Discord in Dungeons & Discords, mentioned again in Mage Meadowbrook's story in , and also mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game. It is implied to be a tropical beach location with "sand like powdered sugar". The name is a play on the real-life Venezuelan city of Puerto Cabello and "caballo", the Spanish word for horse. It may also be a play on resort locations such as Puerto Rico and Puerto Vallarta.
====Plunder Cove====
Mentioned by Applejack during her and Rarity's accounts in P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View).
====San Franciscolt====
Mentioned in Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell and on cover F, page 3, and page 12. Its names are plays on San Francisco.
====Neigh York====
Mentioned in Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell. Its name is a play on New York.
=====Mythica=====
Mentioned in Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell. Mythica University is mentioned in Rainbow Dash and the Daring Do Double Dare, Starlight Glimmer and the Secret Suite, and Princess Twilight Sparkle and the Forgotten Books of Autumn. Its name is a play on Ithaca.
====Trotsylvania====
Mentioned on The Fall of Sunset Shimmer page 5 on a book cover and in the Ponyville Mysteries series of chapter books as the original hometown of Lilymoon and her family. Its name is a play on Transylvania.
====Neigh Mexicolt====
Mentioned in Rarity and the Curious Case of Charity. Its name is a play on New Mexico.
====Submerged Temples of Tehuti====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore.
====Yucatán Ponynsula====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Its name is a play on the real life Yucatán Peninsula.
====Gallopinghost Islands====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Their name is a play on the real life Galapagos Islands.
====Lost Temple of Tlatelolco====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore. Its name is a play on the real life Tlatelolco.
====Orshab====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. The site where the legendary Mooncurve the Cunning is said to have found the Eternal Flower. It is also where Gallant True found the two Everleaves.
====Turley====
Mentioned on page 1. Its name is a play on the real life Turkey.
====Ponderosa====
Mentioned on page 22.
====Big Thunder Mine====
Mentioned on page 22.
====Califoalnia====
Mentioned in the "About the Author" bio of Ponyville Mysteries chapter books "author" Penumbra Quill as where she originally grew up. Rebecca Dart earlier stated regarding "Tropical Dream", "She is supposed to be a representative of Calihoofornia or some such place." Its name is a play on California.
====Friendship Island====
Mentioned in Gameloft's mobile game during the "Trot Secret" group quest.
===='AusTAILia'====
According to Jim Miller, an equivalent of Australia in Equestria would be called "AusTAILia." Rhona Rees earlier called Rolling Thunder Aussie/Australian.
====Maremany====
A location mentioned the Gameloft's mobile game during "The Pony Whisperer" event where Ponish is not the primary spoken language. It is home to a character named "Spooky Dignitary" in the game. Its name is a play on Germany.
====Mihaymi====
A location mentioned in the 10th Anniversary Edition of as the residence of retired Princesses Celestia and Luna as of the time of The Last Problem. Its name is a play on Miami.
====Skyros====
Mentioned by Opaline in the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark episode Sunny Side Up to be the childhood home of her, Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna. Previously mentioned, without being named, in The Journal of the Two Sisters. It shares its name with the real-life Greek island of Skyros.
====Lemony Knoll====
Jokingly mentioned by Ryan K. Lindsay regarding "the Batter Battle of Lemony Knoll."
==Beyond Equestria==
Most locations in the television series and associated media aren't specified whether they're part of Equestria or not. Some information in the show sometimes vaguely references areas outside Equestria, and even though Equestria is a kingdom it encompasses other kingdoms within it, which creates further ambiguity. The founding and naming of Equestria itself is depicted in the episode Hearth's Warming Eve. These elements, and some stylistic elements, create the impression of other geographical locations:
* The song Apples to the Core in Pinkie Apple Pie mentions "the pony nation / From Equestria and beyond". 
* Fluttershy asks for "French haute couture" in Suited For Success.
* In The Cutie Pox, Applejack says Apple Bloom "speaks in 'Fancy'" when her sister uses the French language.
*Queen Chrysalis says in A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2 that "Equestria has more love than any place [she has] ever encountered".
*Cheese Sandwich mentions Hawaiian shirts during The Super Duper Party Pony in Pinkie Pride.
*Aquastria, featured in the book Under the Sparkling Sea, has its own ruler, the sea lion king Leo, cousin of Princess Celestia, who formally invites the main characters to his underwater realm. The kingdom is also mentioned in the title History of Aquastria on page 6 of The Fall of Sunset Shimmer, and its inhabitants, seaponies and mermares, first seen in the book, are also mentioned and seen in various materials.
*King Leo "sits on the Cosmic Council alongside his cousin, Princess Celestia."
*In My Little Pony The Movie, the Mane Six and Spike journey beyond Equestria to save their home from the Storm King, encountering new places such as Klugetown, Mount Aris, and Seaquestria along the way.
*In a Panini My Little Pony magazine comic whose German title translates to No Way Too Far, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, and Spike journey beyond the Everfree Forest to a barley field outside of Equestria and befriend a local stallion.
*In the full version of All for the Love of Trash, Izzy Moonbow mentions ancient Greek.
===Dragon Lands===
 The Dragon Lands is a volcanic island region introduced in the season two episode Dragon Quest. It is home to mostly dragons and some phoenixes. It is also featured in the season six episode Gauntlet of Fire, the season seven episode Shadow Play - Part 1, the season eight episode School Daze - Part 2, and the season nine episodes Uprooted, Sweet and Smoky, and The Ending of the End - Part 2. It also appears in a magical simulation in Celestial Advice.
In Family Trees Pt. 2, the new Mane 6 and Sparky Sparkeroni are magically transported to the Dragon Lands, only to find them deserted.
It is called Dragon's Lair on the official map.
===Maretropolis===
 Maretropolis is a fictional city featured in the season four episode Power Ponies and the My Little Pony Annual 2014 comic. It is a large urban setting with many skyscrapers; it shares its design with Baltimare. The Lilac Sky Airship flies overhead. Buildings featured or mentioned in the city include the Maretropolis Museum, which houses the Electro-Orb that the Mane-iac steals; an abandoned shampoo factory that serves as the Mane-iac's top secret headquarters; a bakery sixty-five blocks away from the factory; the Power Ponies' headquarters; and Balkham Asylum, where the city's most dangerous criminals are jailed. Other features seen on the street are a mailbox and a pretzel stand. Its name is a play on the DC Comics fictional city of Metropolis.
==="Distant land"===
The homeland of Lord Tirek and his brother Scorpan, mentioned in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1 and featured in .
===Griffonstone===
 Griffonstone is a city populated by griffons. It has a rich history centered around an ancient treasure called the Idol of Boreas. The Griffon Kingdom is mentioned in the , by Pinkie Pie, and . The official map reads "Yonder to Griffons →" near its right – eastern – edge.
===Yakyakistan===
 Yakyakistan is the yak kingdom featured in the episode Party Pooped exteriorly, in exteriorly and interiorly, in the eighth episode of Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook exteriorly, in Not Asking for Trouble exteriorly and interiorly, in , in , in Yakity-Sax exteriorly and interiorly, in My Little Pony Best Gift Ever, and in . It is also briefly seen in Uprooted and The Ending of the End - Part 2. Twilight Sparkle mentions it is located north of the Crystal Empire, in a snowy region ruled by the yak Prince Rutherford, which had previously closed off its borders to Equestria for "hundreds" of moons. Pinkie Pie travels within an afternoon to the gates of Yakyakistan, but she slides off an icy cliff all the way back to Ponyville. Prince Blueblood, Shining Armor, and some royal guards visit Yakyakistan for a diplomatic mission to set up a trade agreement between it and the Crystal Empire. It is first mentioned on Enterplay collectible card game Absolute Discord #7 C and #ƒ5, cards of Cheese Sandwich, and later mentioned in Dungeons & Discords as the site of an overnight goodwill tour hosted by Princess Celestia. In , yaks represent Yakyakistan in a Boffyball game against Griffonstone, and in Twilight adds Yakyakistan to an outdated map of Equestria. Yakyakistan is mentioned in the second story of the My Little Pony 40th Anniversary Special, with Izzy Moonbow expressing a lack of familiarity with it.
===Chaosville===
 Chaosville is Discord's realm and residence. It is first seen in Make New Friends but Keep Discord and first named as such in Discord and the Ponyville Players Dramarama. It is also mentioned in Celestial Advice and The Maud Couple, and featured in Discordant Harmony, , Ponyville Mysteries: Cursed Crusaders, the - story arc Cosmos, and briefly seen in The Last Problem.
===Changeling Kingdom===
 Two location designs have been referred to as "the Changeling Kingdom", without specifying whether they are different locations like Rainbow Dash's Cloudominium or one redesigned location like Zecora's Hut.
The temporary Changeling Kingdom appears in the IDW comics' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Issues #1-4 The Return of Queen Chrysalis and The Many Tales of Queen Chrysalis and is mentioned in Baby Flurry Heart's Heartfelt Scrapbook Ep. 1 The Royal Wedding. Following A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2, Queen Chrysalis and other changelings are knocked far south from Equestria to "Wuvy-Dovey Smoochy Land", which they conquer and transform into their new center of operations. Here, they are defeated by Twilight Sparkle and are imprisoned within the castle, from which they eventually escape and flee.
The current Changeling Kingdom is alluded to in The Times They Are A Changeling and appears in To Where and Back Again - Part 1, in To Where and Back Again - Part 2, and in Gameloft's mobile game. Here, Chrysalis is dethroned and Thorax succeeds her as changeling leader; it also appears in a magical simulation in Celestial Advice.
In To Change a Changeling, with Chrysalis's throne destroyed, the kingdom's plants have started to regrow, though this has attracted maulwurfs. A new throne for Thorax is made out of trees and vines, and the changelings have adopted several new activities including theatre, dancing, and arts and crafts. Fluttershy visits the Changeling Kingdom briefly in School Daze - Part 2. Changelings celebrate Hearth's Warming at the Changeling Kingdom in The Hearth's Warming Club and again in My Little Pony Best Gift Ever. The kingdom is briefly seen again in Uprooted and The Ending of the End - Part 2.
===Bone Dry Desert===
A desert featured in My Little Pony The Movie and named in Gameloft's mobile game and in The Official Movie Sourcebook. It is located to the south of Equestria's Forbidden Jungle. The Mane Six travel through it on their way to Klugetown.
====Klugetown====
 Klugetown, pronounced in Father Knows Beast as KLOOJ-town by Pinkie Pie and KLOOZH-town by Sludge, is a diversely-populated desert town featured in My Little Pony The Movie, The Stormy Road to Canterlot, My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel, Gameloft's mobile game, The Official Movie Sourcebook, in Capper's page 1 dream, and in . It is also one of various listings on a My Little Pony The Movie A5 Notebook. The My Little Pony: The Movie Look and Find book describes it as "a place where everything has its price." It is similar to Pompton Lakes' former Klugetown Shopping Center both in name and in association with sales.
In My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1 page 1, Klugetown is mapped within Abyssinia, but on the film's official website, in Gameloft's mobile game, and in The Official Movie Sourcebook, it is mapped within the Bone Dry Desert.
It is also indirectly referenced by Rarity in School Daze - Part 1 as "that horrid town where we were almost sold" when it is added to the Cutie Map. Klugetown is also referenced by name in Father Knows Beast, and in the bio for Mean Applejack in Gameloft's mobile game.
It received another mention in , while Capper recaps his past.
===Mount Aris===
 Mount Aris is featured in My Little Pony The Movie and in The Official Movie Sourcebook as the location of the Hippogriff Kingdom. It is south of the Badlands, and near Klugetown. Mount Aris also appears in Surf and/or Turf and Uprooted, and is illustrated in The Hearth's Warming Club, Father Knows Beast, and Between Dark and Dawn. 
====Hippogriffia====
 The capital of the Hippogriff kingdom in My Little Pony The Movie and The Stormy Road to Canterlot, located atop Mount Aris. When Tempest Shadow infiltrates the city in an attempt to steal a magical pearl from Queen Novo, the city is destroyed in a battle between the Hippogriffs and the Storm King's forces, and it is abandoned when the Hippogriffs teleport into hiding. In the film, Twilight and her friends travel to the ruined city in search of the Hippogriffs. Hippogriffia also appears in Surf and/or Turf, restored to its former glory.
===Seaquestria===
 The current home of the Hippogriffs/seaponies in My Little Pony The Movie and in The Official Movie Sourcebook, to which they fled after their original home of Hippogriffia was destroyed by the Storm King's forces. It is ruled by Queen Novo.
Seaquestria also appears in Surf and/or Turf, as an illustration in Silverstream's story in The Hearth's Warming Club, The Ending of the End - Part 2, and the chapter book Beyond Equestria: Fluttershy Balances the Scales.
===Basalt Beach===
A beach near Mount Aris featured, but unnamed, in My Little Pony The Movie. The Mane Six wash up on its shores after being banished from Seaquestria, and it is where Tempest Shadow captures Twilight Sparkle. It is named in Gameloft's mobile game and in The Official Movie Sourcebook.
===Land of the Scale Collectors===
 Appears in Sludge's story in Father Knows Beast, stated to be "a prison world of dragon hunters".
===Peaks of Peril===
 A remote mountain range featured in Sounds of Silence, it is the home of the Kirin, including Autumn Blaze. Applejack and Fluttershy are sent here by the Cutie Map to solve a friendship problem among the Kirin.
===Isles of Scaly===
An archipelago of five islands featured in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower. The largest island, Octave, is home to the Grotto of the Moon, a hidden garden where the Eternal Flower blooms. Also featured in the My Little Pony: Make Your Mark episodes Family Trees Pt. 2 and on a map in Nightmare on Mane Street. In The Isle of Scaly, a fully-grown Spike is shown to live here and rule the dragons as Dragon Lord.
===Abyssinia===
 In the episode Three's A Crowd, Discord asks for pastries from Abyssinia in the song Glass of Water. On page 1, Rarity mentions that the kingdom of Abyssinia is "strangely litigious." In My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1, Abyssinia is shown to include Catskills, Henry, Klugetown, Litterbox Ridge, Panthera, Siam, and Tabbytown; Strife mentions on page 3 that the Storm King's armada has conquered all of Abyssinia but the capital, Panthera, which they begin to invade on page 5. Abyssinia is also mentioned on page 18, in Gameloft's mobile game, throughout , indirectly on page 8, and on a map on page 5.
In IDW comics' "Season 10", Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy lead an expedition to Abyssinia. In , Marble Pie gets accepted to the University of Abyssinia. In , Abyssinia is depicted as being at war with Caninia.
====Panthera====
 Abyssinia's capital, introduced in My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel Issue #1. Also featured in and . It is inhabited by anthropomorphic talking cats, such as Capper and Chummer; at least one pony appears here as well, though the pony in question, September, also appears in numerous other settings. It is ruled by the tyrannical and magic-hating King Meowmeow until his removal from power at the end of Issue #97.
===Drungar===
An impoverished city featured in The Stormy Road to Canterlot, inhabited by various creatures. Tempest Shadow briefly lives here during her youth.
===Forgotten Hills===
An area of hills containing the Bleak Valley featured in The Stormy Road to Canterlot. Tempest Shadow meets the Storm King for the first time here.
===Zorgarth===
A location mentioned by the Storm King in The Stormy Road to Canterlot.
===Ornithia===
 A location mentioned in Beyond Equestria: Rainbow Dash Rights the Ship and featured in as the birthplace of Captain Celaeno and her fellow parrots. It is ruled by King Thaumas and Queen Ozomene, their son Prince Aello, and their daughter Ocypete, all of whom also serve as four of the six Elements of Love.
====Parrot Peaks====
A region of Ornithia, between the base of the mountains and the summit, that is occupied by parrots. Mentioned in and .
===Mount Metazoa===
A large mountain in where the Convocation of Creatures is held.
===Farasi===
Mentioned indirectly in Bridle Gossip and featured in the first story arc of the IDW comics' "Season 10". Farasi is a coastal region faraway from Equestria, occupied by zebras, abada, and kelpies, and it is Zecora's original homeland. Its name is the Swahili word for "horse".
====Casabronco====
Casabronco is a port town in Farasi. Applejack and her friends arrive in Farasi by making port here in Cranky Doodle Donkey's ship. Its name is a play on Casablanca.
====Zebrat====
Zebrat is the capital city of Farasi. It is the hometown of Zecora, her childhood friends, and Prince Abraxas. Zebrat is mentioned in the second story of the My Little Pony 40th Anniversary Special, with Izzy Moonbow expressing a lack of familiarity with it.
===Caninia===
 Featured in My Little Pony Annual 2021. Caninia is a faraway kingdom of Diamond Dogs initially ruled by Queen Katherina Proudpaws. It was later split into two, and one half was ruled by Katherina and the other half by her sister Jennino Lanternlight. Further later, it becomes one kingdom again and is ruled by Katherina, Jennino, and their sisters Moonbeam Twinkletail, Ambrosia Muffinbuns, Fiona Floppyears, and Indiana Embereyes.
In , Caninia is depicted as being at war with Abyssinia.
===Cunabula===
 An island nation, place of origin for the Knights of Harmony and home to one of the Trees of Harmony. Mentioned in and depicted in flashbacks in .
===Ponytropico===
Ponytropico is a tropical resort featured in the My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale short of the same name. A ferry is used to transport patrons to and from the resort.
===Bodies of water===
====Celestial Sea====
Located east of Equestia. Analogous to the real world Atlantic Ocean.
====Fillypine Sea====
Mentioned in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore.
====Guto River====
Located north of Griffonstone.
====Horseshoe Bay====
Located in Baltimare. Traveled to in My Little Pirate: Friendship Ahoy. Also appears in Daring Do and the Marked Thief of Marapore and is mentioned in Daring Do and the Eternal Flower, Daring Do and the Forbidden City of Clouds, Fluttershy and the Fine Furry Friends Fair, and Princess Celestia and the Summer of Royal Waves. Analogous to Chesapeake Bay and named after several North American locations.
====Luna Bay====
Located northwest of Vanhoover. Mentioned in Campfire Tales. Analogous to the real world Gulf of Alaska.
====Luna Ocean====
Located west of Equestria and split between the North Luna Ocean and South Luna Ocean. In The Bestiary of Equestria. Analogous to the real world Pacific Ocean.
====Crystal Sea====
Featured in . Inhabited by the kraken.
====Singing Sea====
Featured in Melody of the Waves, the Singing Sea is located west of Equestria. Seaponies and mermares inhabit the undersea city of Aqualin, ruled over by the seapony king Rising Tide and his wife, the mermare queen Sparkle Wave.
====Jade Sea====
Featured in The Blockywockys. It is located east of Equestria, and is the home of the Seapony Destiny.
===Celestial objects===
Celestial objects are a recurring theme in the show and associated media.
====The sun and moon====
 The show starts with the story of the two regal sisters, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. The narration says "the eldest used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn. The younger brought out the moon to begin the night." When Luna refuses to lower the moon, she was banished in the moon by Celestia.
The sun is also a character.
In , the moon is inhabited by nyx, creatures who shape the dreams of sleeping ponies and dispel their nightmares. Under the guise of friendship, Nightmare Moon learns how to control and enter dreams from the nyx and later transforms them into the Nightmare Forces.
====Other celestial objects====
*According to the legend of Nightmare Moon in Friendship is Magic, part 1, "on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape"; this is shown from a distance as it happens near the end of the episode.
*The real world constellations Ursa Minor and Ursa Major are impersonated in the show; namely in the episode Boast Busters.
*In Suited For Success, Twilight Sparkle mentions the constellations Orion, Canis Major and Canis Minor, talking about a dress's design featuring part of the Celestial sphere. Orion is also mentioned in and in .
**The Horsehead Nebula, or Horse Head Nebula, is mentioned in It's About Time, in , in , and in .
**In A Rockhoof and a Hard Place, Rockhoof attempts to navigate a Hippogriff vessel using the constellation O'Bridle's Pelt as a guide, but this backfires due to the constellation having moved during Rockhoof's 1000 year time in limbo.
**In , the constellations Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, the Sirens, the Bear, and the Minotaur are mentioned.
**In the - story arc Cosmos, the Andalusian constellation, consisting of six stars arranged in the shape of a heart, serves as the prison for the villain Cosmos. A shooting star later caused the six stars to be scattered across Equestria.
**Gameloft's mobile game features a w:c:mlp-gameloft:Telescope minigame in which the player locates various constellations of different objects, such as a piece of candy or an apple.
*A few comets appear during a centennial meteor shower in Owl's Well That Ends Well, shooting stars appear representing Bright Mac and Pear Butter for two nights in Apple Family Reunion, and the Secretariat Comet is mentioned in and in .
*In It's About Time, Twilight Sparkle mentions a fourteenth moon when she is monitoring the skies.
*In Sparkle's Seven, Pinkie Pie has a fantasy sequence in which she goes into outer space and visits a talking planet—referred to in credits as the planet Saturn.
*The Cotton Candy Comet "sets into motion a series of strange and magical occurrences" in My Little Pony: Pony Life season two.
===Human world===
 The My Little Pony Equestria Girls series feature a human world, also called the Equestria Girls World, populated by multicolored humans. In Equestria Girls, Twilight Sparkle and Spike travel by means of a magic mirror to the human world, where there are many human counterparts to the characters that appear in the television series. Most of the film takes place in Canterlot High School, the surrounding city, a coffee shop similar to Sugarcube Corner, and a clothing shop similar to Carousel Boutique.
In Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks and its animated shorts, more locations are featured: a music store, an animal shelter where Fluttershy works, Applejack's house, the Flim Flam Brothers' Everything-Under-the-Sun Emporium, a cafe where the Dazzlings first appear, Pinkie Pie's house, and an amphitheater that serves as the venue for the final round of the Battle of the Bands.
Equestria Girls: Friendship Games introduces Canterlot High's rival school Crystal Prep Academy, which human Twilight attends. Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree introduces Camp Everfree. In the Equestria Girls Holiday Special comic, Rarity's house is briefly featured.
===Limbo===
 Limbo between realms is featured in My Little Pony Equestria Girls and also appears in IDW comics. Limbo between Equestria and the human world appears as a vortex—traveled through by Twilight Sparkle and Spike—in Equestria Girls and its screenplay novelization Equestria Girls: Through the Mirror and is featured—used as a trap for the Mane 7 by Juniper Montage—in Equestria Girls: Mirror Magic; limbo between Equestria and alternate Equestria appears as a vortex—traveled through by the seven main characters—in . Limbo between Maretropolis and a human world appears as a vortex—traveled through by the Mane-iac—in Return of the Mane-iac. In the season seven finale Shadow Play, Star Swirl the Bearded and the Pillars of Old Equestria trapped the Pony of Shadows and themselves in limbo for a thousand years before being released in present day. In Forgotten Friendship limbo appears again as a vortex that Sunset Shimmer travels through between the human world and Equestria.
===Other dimensions===
In My Little Pony: Pony Life season two, the Mane 6 visit "another dimension where they will meet some truly wild new friends."
The Reflections story arc features an alternate Equestria initially ruled by a benevolent King Sombra. The arc also briefly features other alternate dimensions, including one in which dinosaurs possess cutie marks.
In , a young Princess Luna opens a portal to another dimension and gets abducted by its inhabitants. In the Legends of Magic Annual 2018 comic, both Celestia and Luna are captured and taken back to the same world, which is revealed to be an alternate Equestria ruled by the Pony of Shadows. later features this alternate dimension as home to an interdimensional casino, which is run by Princess Eris. According to Jeremy Whitley, this world and Equestria (Reflections storyline) are separate.
In , Equestria is invaded by beings from the same dimension in which the original My Little Pony animated series took place. The Mane Six respond by traveling to this dimension themselves and recruiting several of the resident ponies to help them save their own world. Other denizens of this dimension, or else identical alternate versions, also appear in .
My Little Pony: The Manga – A Day in the Life of Equestria features a number of alternate worlds. These include:
*An Equestria apparently located in "Dimension 628" which is largely identical to the Equestria where the series takes place.
*One inhabited by cookie-craving zombies.
*One filled with multiple versions of Rarity.
*One in which the inhabitants resemble hybrids between ponies and dinosaurs.
*One in which the resident ponies are giants in comparison to those in the main series.
**Equestria 9, which also has this aspect.
**Equestria 218, which also has this aspect.
*A world that serves as the point of origin for a time-traveling alternate version of Dr. Hooves and Derpy.
*An Equestria that draws elements from several well-known real world manga series. This initially appears as the main Equestria altered by Discord, but is later revealed to exist as its own separate reality.
*Equestria 1792, in which Pinkie Pie finds the inhabitants of Prance engaged in events resembling the French Revolution.
*An Equestria in which the resident Fluttershy is a popstar and her various friends occupy roles in the music industry.
*One in which Ponyville resembles 1980s America, drawing many design aspects from My Little Pony Established 1983.
*One in which Ponyville is a large metropolis protected by a vigilante version of Twilight Sparkle, with other characters acting as allies or villains.
*An Equestria similar to the main version, except that Cloudsdale is home to a racetrack built around a gravity well that serves as the setting for the Cloudsdale 500 race.
*A world that resembles that of the original My Little Pony series, in which Twilight Sparkle finds herself embroiled in an alternate version of the special "Rescue at Midnight Castle".
The Haunting of Equestria features an alternate Equestria known as the Shadow Realm, which is ruled over by Luna's evil counterpart Princess Argent. After losing to her 1000 years previously, her sister Princess Solar leads a resistance force known as the Hooves of Light.
Enterplay trading card series 4 card #F26 gives Nightmare Star the description "While visiting alternate worlds, Star Swirl the Bearded found one where Celestia ruled Equestria in eternal day as the terrifying Nightmare Star. He destroyed the mirror to that world and never told a single pony about it."
==World maps==
Maps of Equestria and other locations in the series are featured in the series, comics, and merchandise.
*Maps of Equestria are featured in Pinkie Pride and in Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2.
*The Cutie Map is featured in multiple episodes.
*A map of Equestria is featured in the Cutie Mark Crusaders' clubhouse in On Your Marks.
*A map of Equestria is featured on pages 1 and 22, the latter of which features the following locations: Appaloosan Mountains, Canter Creek, Swamps of New Horseleans, the Saddle Horn Peaks, Sight of the Battle of Discord (Quarantined), Forest of Leota, Gelding Grotto, Lynx lairs, the Old Mountain, Timber Wolf Territory, Gracey's Swamp, Royal Guard Watchtower, Hatchaway Falls, Ye Old Oubliette, Silver & Scout Meadow, Ursa Major caverns, Kelpie Keep, Zap Apple Grove, Knight's Peak, Rocinante Cliffs, Froud Valley, and an arrow at the bottom-right pointing to Prancing Plains.
*Official maps of Equestria were released on August 3, 2012 and in My Little Pony: The Art of Equestria on September 7, 2015.
*The Equestria Map art print is sold by WeLoveFine.
*A map of the human world is featured in promotional material.
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