Maps of Movies

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Where Alien: Covenant says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A film set on a spaceship and an invented planet: the 'alien world' is a fjord in New Zealand and a quarry-side backlot in Sydney.

Scenes and places

The white room: the first conversation (2104)

A newly activated android opens his eyes in a white room and names the art around him. His maker asks him to play Wagner, and David turns the question back on him: who created you?

Set in Weyland's white room — A bare white room where Peter Weyland meets his newly activated android David for the first time.

An opening scene set before the main story, placed in a studio set in Sydney.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia (Disney Studios Australia), Moore Park, Sydney — The white room set was built at the Sydney studio; the lake seen outside the window is a backdrop of Iceland's Alftavatn (single blog source, no coordinates found). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Covenant is hit: waking from cryosleep (2104)

A shockwave from a nearby star damages the ship and kills 47 colonists, including the captain. Walter wakes key crew to fix it, and Daniels loses her husband.

Set in Colony ship Covenant — The colony ship Covenant, 2104, carrying 2,000 colonists and 1,140 embryos to Origae-6.

A made-up spaceship whose rooms were built as sets in a Sydney film studio.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia (Disney Studios Australia), Moore Park, Sydney — The ship interiors were filmed on eight sound stages at Fox Studios Australia. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A human voice from an unknown planet (2104)

During repairs, the crew picks up a human voice from an uncharted planet. Oram decides to investigate; Daniels objects.

Set in Covenant bridge and Planet 4 signal — Tennessee hears a transmission, and Mother traces it to a habitable planet in a nearby sector.

The same studio sets as the rest of the ship scenes.

Filmed at Fox Studios Australia (Disney Studios Australia), Moore Park, Sydney — Ship interiors, built on the studio's sound stages. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Flying down to Planet 4 (2104)

The lander drops through cloud toward a green, mountainous planet no map showed. The crew sees a world that looks perfect for settling.

Set in Planet 4 (fictional) — The lander flies over the unknown planet's mountains and lakes.

The planet is invented; the scenery is a real national park in southern New Zealand.

Filmed at Fiordland National Park, New Zealand — Aerial views of Lake Quill and mountains (single blog source for Lake Quill; no coordinates for the lake). The park is confirmed as a filming area. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The landing site on Planet 4 (2104)

The crew steps out onto the planet. Two of them breathe in spores from local fungi without knowing, and the team tracks the broadcast toward a crashed alien ship.

Set in Planet 4 landing site (fictional) — The expedition team tracks the broadcast across the planet toward a crashed alien ship.

A fjord in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park.

Filmed at Milford Sound (Piopiotahi), New Zealand — Principal photography began here on April 4, 2016. A full-size lander set stood on the shore; Mitre Peak and Bowen Falls are in the background (the set and background peaks per a single blog). Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The ruined city and the temple (2104)

David rescues the survivors and leads them to a temple ringed by thousands of dead humanoids. There he explains how the planet died and shows the crew his own plans.

Set in The temple city on Planet 4 (fictional) — David leads the survivors to a temple surrounded by thousands of dead humanoids.

An invented city whose big outdoor sets were built in western Sydney.

Filmed at Potts Hill, Western Sydney (backlot / quarry site) — Several giant exterior sets were built here. The coordinate is the suburb, not the site itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England — Reshoots (specific scenes not identified) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Daniels — A terraforming specialist who loses her husband in the first disaster.
• Oram — The new captain, who decides to investigate the signal.
• Walter — An advanced android who looks after the ship.
• David — An earlier android model, discontinued for being too human-like.
• Tennessee — The Covenant's pilot.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the alien planet in Alien: Covenant really filmed?