Journey to the Centre of the Earth · Jules Verne, 1864

Where did they come out in Journey to the Centre of the Earth?

Stromboli· Italy

They went in through a volcano in Iceland and were thrown out of one off Sicily, 3,829 km away as the crow flies.

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Snæfellsjökull to Stromboli 3,829 kmHamburg to Snæfellsjökull (about) 2,250 kmStromboli to Hamburg (about) 1,700 km

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At the end the raft is pushed up a chimney by rising water, faster and hotter, until Axel, his uncle and Hans are thrown out of a volcano onto a hillside of olive trees, in hot sun. They have no idea where they are. A shepherd boy tells them: Stromboli.

Stromboli is a small volcanic island in the Aeolian Islands, north of Sicily. It is real, and it is still one of the most active volcanoes in Europe. From Snæfellsjökull, where they went in, it is 3,829 km as the crow flies, and that line happens to pass under Scotland and England.

They don't dare tell the islanders how they arrived, so they pretend to be shipwrecked sailors. A boat takes them to Messina, a steamer to Marseille, and on 9 September 1863 they are home in Hamburg. The professor's only worry is his compass: back home they find it points south.

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