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This is a listing of places from the ''Swallows and Amazons series'' of books by Arthur Ransome. Arthur Ransome wrote detailed descriptions of the locations in his books and based many of them on real places that he knew personally or had read about. ==By the Lake== The geography of the novels set in the Lake District is less faithful to the real world, but many locations have been identified, either by Ransome himself or by diligent readers. *The Lake: This appears to be a mix of Windermere and Coniston Water in the English Lake District. The topography of the lake is similar to Windermere, but the surrounding countryside more closely resembles the land around Coniston. *Rio: The principal town beside the Lake. It is based on Bowness-on-Windermere. *Holly Howe: The farm where the Walkers stay and the home port of the ''Swallow''. This is modelled after Bank Ground Farm on the east side of Coniston Water. *Wild Cat Island: The island where the Swallows and Amazons camp is based on Blake Holme in Windermere, but the Secret Harbour at the south end comes from Peel Island in Coniston Water. *Kanchenjunga: The mountain climbed in ''Swallowdale'' is based on Coniston Old Man, named Kanchenjunga because of a well-known expedition to climb the Himalayan mountain while Ransome was writing the book. The Amazons' parents and Captain Flint had called it the Matterhorn when they climbed it thirty years earlier. *Strickland Junction where the Swallows transferred to the branch line to Rio is Oxenholme. Roger releases a pigeon at Oxenholme station at the start of Pigeon Post. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of places in Arthur Ransome books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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