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The Iron Islands

Seven storm-lashed islands in Ironman's Bay, home of the ironborn and House Greyjoy of Pyke.

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The Iron Islands are a cluster of seven main islands off the western coast of Westeros, in the mouth of Ironman's Bay between the North and the Westerlands. They are the smallest and poorest region of the Seven Kingdoms, and the only one whose people would rather be raiders than farmers.

House Greyjoy rules from Pyke, a castle built across sea-stacks on the island of the same name. The ironborn worship the Drowned God and keep to the Old Way of reaving whenever the Iron Throne is too weak to stop them.

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Great Wyk is the largest island; Old Wyk is the holiest, home to Nagga's Hill where kings were once chosen. Harlaw is the richest and most populous, ruled from Ten Towers. Pyke, Orkmont, Saltcliffe and Blacktyde complete the seven, with the Lonely Light far out in the Sunset Sea.

The islands are stone, wind and thin soil. There is little farmland, less timber and no city; Lordsport on Pyke is the largest harbour. What the islands do have is iron, lead and tin, and the finest sailors in the Seven Kingdoms.

Ironborn culture prizes what is taken by the "iron price" over what is bought with gold. Every captain is a king on his own deck. The islands have rebelled against the Iron Throne more than once, most recently in Greyjoy's Rebellion nine years before the events of the first book.

Key places in The Iron Islands

  • Pyke Castle

    Greyjoy seat built on sea stacks off the Iron Islands, linked by rope and stone bridges.

  • Ten Towers Castle

    Harlaw castle on the wealthiest of the Iron Islands, built piecemeal over many generations.

  • Old Wyk Island

    Smallest and holiest of the Iron Islands, where the ironborn gather for kingsmoots.

  • Great Wyk Island

    Largest of the Iron Islands, with mines, cliffs and several lesser lordly seats.

  • Lordsport Town

    Chief harbour town of the island of Pyke, where longships moor below the Greyjoy castle.

Distances from Pyke

Toas the raven fliesby road (approx.)on horseback
Winterfell 720 mi · 1,160 km ≈ 900 mi ≈ 30 days
King's Landing 940 mi · 1,520 km ≈ 1,180 mi ≈ 39 days
Casterly Rock 400 mi · 650 km ≈ 500 mi ≈ 17 days
Highgarden 800 mi · 1,290 km ≈ 1,000 mi ≈ 33 days
The Eyrie 890 mi · 1,430 km ≈ 1,110 mi ≈ 37 days
Riverrun 400 mi · 640 km ≈ 500 mi ≈ 17 days
Storm's End 1,190 mi · 1,910 km ≈ 1,480 mi ≈ 49 days
Sunspear 1,700 mi · 2,730 km ≈ 2,120 mi ≈ 71 days
Castle Black 1,000 mi · 1,610 km ≈ 1,250 mi ≈ 42 days
Oldtown 1,210 mi · 1,940 km ≈ 1,510 mi ≈ 50 days

Travel times assume about 30 miles a day on horseback with rests, 18 miles a day on foot and 110 miles a day under sail with fair winds. Armies, wagons and winter storms move far more slowly.

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Frequently asked questions

Where are the Iron Islands on the map?

They sit off the west coast of Westeros in Ironman's Bay, west of Seagard in the Riverlands and north-west of the Westerlands.

How many Iron Islands are there?

Seven main islands: Pyke, Great Wyk, Old Wyk, Harlaw, Orkmont, Saltcliffe and Blacktyde, plus the remote Lonely Light.