South America. Not based on Lore Entries here, just dialogue. Hawthorn and Amanda both talk about crossing the pond. This is the Atlantic. I seriously thought this phrase was common knowledge. But I see a lot of desperate arguments against it. Still the Atlantic though. Hawthorn says it in regard to heading back to the city to help. Amanda in regards to you heading back to the EDZ during Thunderlord’s quest. Further, Amanda talking about traveling south through the Panama Ravine on her migration to the city with her family when you talk to her after Cayde’s death.

I think old Russia because hawthorn said that edz was “as far away from here as possible

<Most likely: South America (old concept art from D1/D2 lore) Least likely: Russia (stop saying the Cosmodrome wall and City wall are the same one you Cabal)>

It’s kept deliberately vague, with occasional contradictory information. Everything Holiday had to cross ‘the Panama Ravine’ to get there. You could read this as meaning they started in the U.S southeast and traveled south to the Andes. You could also say they started at a space elevator in South America and we’re fleeing north. Given she refers to a trip back to the EDZ or Russia as a trip ‘across the pond’ it’s clear her writers are partial to the city being in the Western Hemisphere. However, this is not the only viable location. The Eurasia-centric patrol zones would indicate its closer to Europe or Russia. We have relatively little Hispanic influence in the city compared to what we could expect from modern Chile. There’s also no sign at all of the coast, which is a relatively short jaunt from the Andes. I’d be partial to the Caucuses myself. Nice central location. Most of the world could reach it in refugee columns, and there are seas that could still be referred to as ‘the pond’ theoretically. Switzerland is a dark horse candidate that fits climatically and geographically too. In the Americas, Colorado and the Andes are the primary candidates.

Archival is right. Thanks to Eva Levante, Tess Everis, Saraya Hawthorne, and Amanda Holiday, we know that the City isn’t in Europe or anywhere near the same time zones as Europe. Most evidence points to South America Edit: Also -for those who must be informed- the Cosmodrome and City are two completely different places!

Might not be just South America. From The Colony's Lore Tab: "Have you ever watched a snake kill something? It's awful. It's so awful. I watched a man die of a terciopelo bite once. Out by the northern wall. I still have nightmares about it." A terciopelo is another name for the fer-de-lance, a pit viper whose habitat extends from northern South America to southern Mexico. While I agree that it could be in that area of South America, it could also be in the Yucatan Peninsula as well. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_asper#/media/File:Bothrops_asper_Area.PNG[/url] This link is from Wikipedia, which shows the habitat range of the fer-de-lance.

I want to say Russia. Nor 100% though

I believe it was calculated by players in Destiny 1 to be somewhere in South America. Not 100% certain, but that seems to be the consensus.