Maps of Movies

The Last Airbender (2010)

Where The Last Airbender says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A film set in an invented world, shot partly on a Pennsylvania hilltop and in Greenland

Scenes and places

The iceberg in the south

Sokka and Katara find an unusual iceberg. They break it open and free a twelve-year-old boy, Aang, and his flying bison Appa.

Set in Southern Water Tribe — A village of the Southern Water Tribe, where Katara and Sokka live.

An ice-bound fishing village in the film's invented world; no filming location is tied to it in the sources.

The empty Southern Air Temple

Aang returns to his old home and learns he has been frozen for a century. Katara brings him back from despair.

Set in Southern Air Temple — Aang's homeland, home of the Air Nomads.

A mountaintop temple of the Air Nomads in the film's invented world.

The Earth Kingdom village uprising

The group is arrested and jailed. Together they start a rebellion and beat the soldiers who hold the village.

Set in Earth Kingdom village — An Earth Kingdom village held by Fire Nation soldiers.

A village under Fire Nation occupation in the film's invented world.

The Northern Air Temple and the Blue Spirit

Aang is betrayed and captured by Commander Zhao's archers. A masked rescuer, the Blue Spirit, helps him escape.

Set in Northern Air Temple — A second Air Nomad temple, on the way to the Northern Water Tribe.

A temple the group visits on a side trip in the film's invented world.

The Northern Water Tribe

Aang and Katara train under Pakku while the Fire Nation fleet closes in. Zuko keeps hunting the Avatar.

Set in Northern Water Tribe — The Northern Water Tribe's city, where Aang meets waterbending master Pakku.

The icy home of the Northern Water Tribe in the film's invented world.

The sacred cave of the Moon Spirit

Zhao and Iroh enter the cave and Zhao captures the Moon Spirit. Iroh's mastery of firebending sends Zhao's men fleeing.

Set in Sacred cave — A sacred cave beneath the Northern Water Tribe city.

A sacred cave in the film's invented world. The Wikipedia article says interiors were shot in a former factory in Philadelphia, but does not name this cave.

The Pagoda used as an ancient temple

The film uses a real landmark, the Reading Pagoda, for an ancient temple exterior. The sources do not say in which scene it appears.

Set in Ancient temple — An ancient temple that appears in the film's invented world; the sources do not say which scene.

An ancient temple in the film's invented world.

Filmed at The Pagoda, Mount Penn, Reading, Pennsylvania — Shyamalan used the Pagoda on Mount Penn as an exterior for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at William Penn Memorial Fire Tower, Reading — Scene not stated in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Ontelaunee Township, Pennsylvania — Scene not stated in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Aang — A twelve-year-old boy freed from an iceberg after a century; the Avatar.
• Katara — A young waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe.
• Sokka — Katara's older brother, who finds the iceberg with her.
• Zuko — The disgraced prince of the Fire Nation, hunting the Avatar.