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| - The Summer Sea is the sea lying to the south of Westeros and Essos, dividing those continents from the southern landmass of Sothoryos. The Summer Sea is divided from the Jade Sea by the island of Great Moraq and from the Narrow Sea by the Stepstones. The Straits of Qarth and the Cinnamon Straits link the Summer Sea to the Jade Sea north and south of Moraq respectively.
- The Summer Sea is a sea to the south of Westeros.
- Little of mainland Sothoryos has been explored (only some of the northern shores), and the coasts rarely remain settled for long due to dangerous animals and diseases in the wilds of the local jungles. Three major settled regions, however, have developed on the different island groups in the Summer Sea off the coast of Sothoryos. Immediately north of Sothoryos are the Basilisk Isles, brutal pirate dens and slaver bases which are even worse than the Stepstones. West of mainland Sothoryos is Naath island, whose peaceful inhabitants are the targets of frequent slaver raids from Essos. Naath is directly south from Valyria, and located between Sothoryos to the east and the Summer Isles to the west.
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| - Little of mainland Sothoryos has been explored (only some of the northern shores), and the coasts rarely remain settled for long due to dangerous animals and diseases in the wilds of the local jungles. Three major settled regions, however, have developed on the different island groups in the Summer Sea off the coast of Sothoryos. Immediately north of Sothoryos are the Basilisk Isles, brutal pirate dens and slaver bases which are even worse than the Stepstones. West of mainland Sothoryos is Naath island, whose peaceful inhabitants are the targets of frequent slaver raids from Essos. Naath is directly south from Valyria, and located between Sothoryos to the east and the Summer Isles to the west. The Summer Islands are located in the Summer Sea, west from the coast of Sothoryos and far to the southeast of Westeros. The Summer Islanders are a thriving civilization of sea-farers, whose merchant vessels can be found throughout the Summer Sea. The large archipelago is home to several port cities. The northernmost of the Summer Islands is directly south from the Narrow Sea, but the archipelago curves to the southeast, so the southernmost isle is much farther away from Westeros. There are no major islands in the Summer Sea located west of the Summer Isles (and thus no major islands or landmasses south of Westeros itself). Several of the southern Free Cities are major ports located on the Summer Sea: Volantis is locate at the mouth of the Rhoyne River on the southern coast, and Lys is actually located on a group of off-shore islands surrounded by the warm waves of the Summer Sea. Tyrosh is located at the east end of the Stepstones, where the Summer Sea transitions into the Narrow Sea. In Westeros, the southern coasts of Dorne and the Reach are on the Summer Sea. Oldtown, the second largest city in the Seven Kingdoms, is thus located on the Summer Sea, being situated in the southwest corner of the Reach (and therefore, the southwest corner of Westeros as a whole). The large wine-producing island known as the Arbor is located near Oldtown, separated from the mainland of the Reach and sitting in the Summer Sea. Planky Town, Dorne's main port settlement at the mouth of the Greenblood River at the east end of the peninsula, is also located on the Summer Sea. As a ship rounds the southwest corner of Westeros at the Arbor and Oldtown, the Summer Sea turns into the Sunset Sea. Unlike the clear border formed between the Summer Sea and the Narrow Sea by the Stepstones, the Sunset and Summer Seas merge over vast stretches of open water, so far away from the mainland the end of one sea and beginning of another is somewhat vaguely defined. On a practical level this is not normally a cause for confusion, however, because there aren't any notable islands out in the middle of these oceans directly south or west of the Reach.
- The Summer Sea is the sea lying to the south of Westeros and Essos, dividing those continents from the southern landmass of Sothoryos. The Summer Sea is divided from the Jade Sea by the island of Great Moraq and from the Narrow Sea by the Stepstones. The Straits of Qarth and the Cinnamon Straits link the Summer Sea to the Jade Sea north and south of Moraq respectively.
- The Summer Sea is a sea to the south of Westeros.
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