Complete route table
Journey Into the Interior of the Earth complete route table
This table exposes every path used by the 3D map. It is designed for readers who want to inspect distance choices, travel media, source confidence, and chapter coverage without relying on the interactive globe.
Segments
36
Mapped distance
9,386 km
First waypoint
No. 19 Konigstrasse, Hamburg
Final waypoint
San Vicenzo port
| Path | Start | End | Medium | Distance | Evidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg departure | No. 19 Konigstrasse, Hamburg | Altona station | Carriage | 6.0 km | estimated / estimated | Ch. 8: Pack trunks and depart for Copenhagen route |
| Rail to Kiel | Altona station | Kiel | Rail | 87 km | geodesic / confirmed | Ch. 8: Altona to Kiel rail leg |
| Belt steamer | Kiel | Korsor | Steamer | 135 km | geodesic / confirmed | Ch. 8: Steamer toward Korsor |
| Rail across Zealand | Korsor | Copenhagen | Rail | 98 km | geodesic / confirmed | Ch. 8: Arrival in Copenhagen |
| Out through the Sound | Copenhagen | Skagen | Schooner | 262 km | geodesic / estimated | Ch. 9: Schooner voyage toward Iceland |
| North Sea crossing | Skagen | Faroe waters | Schooner | 1,088 km | geodesic / estimated | Ch. 9: North Sea and Faroe approach |
| Toward Iceland | Faroe waters | Cape Portland approach | Schooner | 647 km | geodesic / estimated | Ch. 9: Cape Portland and Iceland landfall |
| Faxa Bay arrival | Cape Portland approach | Reykjavik | Schooner | 170 km | geodesic / estimated | Ch. 9: Arrival at Reykjavik |
| First Iceland stage | Reykjavik | Gufunes | Horse | 7.3 km | geodesic / geocoded | Ch. 12: Two hours from Reykjavik to Gufunes |
| Around Kolla fiord | Gufunes | Hvalfjord crossing | Horse | 32 km | book / textual | Ch. 12: Four Icelandic miles by late afternoon |
| Hvalfjord ferry | Hvalfjord crossing | Gardar | Boat | 4.8 km | book / textual | Ch. 12: Hvalfjord ferry waits for the tide |
| Coastal barrens | Gardar | Krosolbt | Horse | 93 km | estimated / estimated | Ch. 13: Night stage at Krosolbt |
| Hraun and hot springs | Krosolbt | Budir | Horse | 66 km | estimated / estimated | Ch. 13: Hraun and first close views of Snaefell |
| To Stapi | Budir | Stapi | Horse | 13 km | geodesic / geocoded | Ch. 13: Arrival at Stapi |
| Assault on Snaefell | Stapi | Snaefell base | Foot | 7.0 km | estimated / estimated | Ch. 15: Stapi to the base of Snaefell |
| Scartaris crater | Snaefell base | Scartaris crater | Foot | 5.5 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 16: Crater selected by Scartaris shadow |
| Vertical descent | Scartaris crater | Crater bottom at sea level | Tunnel | 1.5 km | book / book | Ch. 17: Barometer shows the bottom at sea level |
| Inclined lava staircase | Crater bottom at sea level | Steep ESE lava staircase | Tunnel | 6.2 km | estimated / book | Ch. 18: Inclined lava gallery reaches 10,000 feet below sea level |
| End of the chimney | Steep ESE lava staircase | Eastern / western gallery fork | Tunnel | 5.5 km | estimated / book | Ch. 19: Intersection of the eastern and western roads |
| Mistaken eastern gallery | Eastern / western gallery fork | Eastern blind alley | Wrong turn | 58 km | estimated / book | Ch. 19: Eastern tunnel chosen at random Ch. 20: The blind alley proves the road was wrong |
| Three-day return to the fork | Eastern blind alley | Eastern / western gallery fork | Wrong turn | 58 km | estimated / book | Ch. 21: Return from the dry eastern gallery to the cross roads |
| Western gallery descent | Eastern / western gallery fork | Western granite fissure | Tunnel | 6.0 km | estimated / book | Ch. 21: Proposal to try the western tunnel Ch. 22: Primitive rocks and winding granite fissure |
| Hansbach | Western granite fissure | Hansbach | Tunnel | 4.4 km | book / book | Ch. 23: Water discovered down the inclined passage |
| Eighty-five leagues from Snaefell | Hansbach | Sixteen leagues deep | Tunnel | 241 km | book / book | Ch. 24: Spiral well and south-east fault Ch. 25: 85 leagues from Snaefell; 16 leagues deep |
| Axel separates | Sixteen leagues deep | Axel lost | Tunnel | 30 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 27: Lost in the bowels of the earth |
| Whispering gallery | Axel lost | Whispering gallery | Tunnel | 18 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 28: The acoustic rescue |
| Thalatta | Whispering gallery | Liedenbrock Sea | Tunnel | 22 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 29: The sea discovered underground |
| Raft built on the shore | Liedenbrock Sea | Raft launch | Raft | 5.0 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 31: Preparations for the raft voyage |
| Across Liedenbrock Sea | Raft launch | Axel Island | Raft | 1,304 km | book / book | Ch. 34: 270 leagues of sea |
| Electric storm drift | Axel Island | Storm landfall | Raft | 1,448 km | book / book | Ch. 35: Electric storm Ch. 38: 300 leagues after four storm days |
| Back to Saknussemm route | Storm landfall | Cape Saknussemm | Raft | 45 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 40: Cape Saknussemm reached by raft |
| Fossil forest | Cape Saknussemm | Fossil forest | Foot | 8.0 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 39: Forest scenery under electric light |
| Blocked passage | Fossil forest | Blocked gallery | Foot | 3.0 km | estimated / fictional | Ch. 40: Granite block and guncotton charge |
| Explosion and rush below | Blocked gallery | Volcanic conduit | Volcanic | 180 km | cinematic / fictional | Ch. 41: The great explosion |
| Shot out at Stromboli | Volcanic conduit | Stromboli | Volcanic | 3,219 km | book / book | Ch. 43: Stromboli exit; more than two thousand miles from Snaefell |
| To San Vicenzo | Stromboli | San Vicenzo port | Foot | 3.0 km | estimated / estimated | Ch. 44: One hour to the port of San Vicenzo |