Maps+of+Western+Europe+and+Great+Britain



**Frankenstein is primarily set in the southwestern part of Switzerland, near the Alps. Lake Geneva is on the French border.**


 * Victor attends the university in Ingolstadt, Germany, located in Bavaria, a large region in the lower east part of the country.**


 * Below, see a map of England, Scotland and Ireland, which shows Victor's and Henry's route north from London to Perth and then the Orkney Islands north of Scotland. The boat journey down to Ireland would have covered 200 miles -- a detail the author overlooked in her narrative!**