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'''Galactic Regions''' are astrographical subdivisions of the [[Milky Way]] [[galaxy]] that were established by [[Universal Cartographics]] in December 3304 to aid in navigation, [[Explorer|exploration]], and the organization of [[Codex]] discoveries. There are a total of 42 Galactic Regions.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/451383-Content-Recap-Beyond-Chapter-Four-Livestream-Exploration-and-the-Codex Frontier Forums: Content Recap - Beyond - Chapter Four Livestream - Exploration and the Codex]</ref> The two most important regions with respect to [[Human|humanity]] are the [[Inner Orion Spur]], which contains [[Sol]] and the vast majority of human civilization within the [[Core Systems]], and the [[Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm]], which contains [[Colonia]] and the [[Colonia Region]].
[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Galactic-Map.png|300px|thumb|Galactic Map]]
 
 
'''Galactic Regions''' are specific areas in the Milky Way [[galaxy]]. There are 57 regions and 9 major galactic arms mapped out and presented on a high definition map for explorers, chorniclers and storytellers to use in their journeys through the Milky Way.
 
 
This is based on the community driven Galactic Mapping Project. The maps, regions, points of interest and names are not officially sanctioned by [[Frontier Developments]]. However, some have been adopted by Frontier over the past 18 months. Most notably [[Beagle Point]], Rendezvous Point, [[Colonia Region|Colonia]], and lately Hawking's Gap and the Sagittarrii Conflux.<ref>https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/293868-The-Mapping-Project-quot-Regional-Galactic-Map-Announcement-quot</ref>
 
 
EDSM has a detailed [https://www.edsm.net/en/galactic-mapping interactive map] with tons of information about the galaxy submitted by explorers.
 
   
 
== Galactic Regions ==
 
== Galactic Regions ==
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[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Codex-Galaxy-Regions.png|center|600px|Galactic Regions overlaid on a map of the galaxy]]
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" border="1"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" border="1"
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!Map Number
 
!Region Name
 
!Region Name
!View in EDSM
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|1
|[[The Abyss]]
 
 
|[[Galactic Centre]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-8420/0/63240 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|2
|The Abyssal Plain
 
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|[[Empyrean Straits]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-21660/0/55680 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|3
|Angustia
 
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|[[Ryker's Hope]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-26110/0/6960 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|4
|The Anthor Patch
 
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|[[Odin's Hold]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-14900/0/23310 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|5
|The Ascendance
 
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|[[Norma Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/18960/0/32800 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|6
|The Bleak Lands
 
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|[[Arcadian Stream]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/9360/0/47260 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|7
|Boreas
 
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|[[Izanami]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-5780/0/43240 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|8
|Centaurus Reach
 
 
|[[Inner Orion-Perseus Conflux]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/21420/0/11740 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|9
|Circinus Transit
 
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|[[Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/13760/0/16540 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|10
|[[Colonia Region|Colonia]]
 
 
|[[Norma Expanse]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-9560/0/19950 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|11
|The Dryman Ridge
 
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|[[Trojan Belt]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/22720/0/20010 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|12
|Eastern Neutron Fields
 
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|[[The Veils]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/2680/0/24780 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|13
|Eurus
 
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|[[Newton's Vault]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/10880/0/36760 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|14
|The Fallows
 
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|[[The Conduit]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-19040/0/13200 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|15
|The Festival Grounds
 
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|[[Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-10870/0/17650 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|16
|The [[Formidine Rift]]
 
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|[[Orion-Cygnus Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-14220/0/-5280 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|17
|Galactic Aphelion
 
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|[[Temple]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-2320/0/56180 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|18
|The Gallipolis
 
 
|[[Inner Orion Spur]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/6560/0/20070 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|19
|Hawking's Gap
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|[[Hawking's Gap]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/16360/0/12820 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|20
|Hipparcos Basin
 
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|[[Dryman's Point]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/22960/0/34280 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|21
|Hyponia
 
 
|[[Sagittarius-Carina Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-22220/0/24780 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|22
|Ishtar
 
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|[[Mare Somnia]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/-21335/0/39365 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|23
|Lin-Shu Hollow
 
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|[[Acheron]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/6870/0/7335 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|24
|Mare Desperationis
 
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|[[Formorian Frontier]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#4/-22240/0/42680 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|25
|Masefield's Ocean
 
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|[[Hieronymus Delta]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/-2080/0/55045 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|26
|The Norma Expanse
 
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|[[Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/5320/0/14900 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|27
|Nyauthai Ripple
 
 
|[[Outer Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/-7465/0/55245 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|28
|Orio-Perseus Conflux
 
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|[[Aquila's Halo]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-15400/0/32680 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|29
|The Orion Complex
 
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|[[Errant Marches]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/en/galactic-mapping#7/730/0/-1145 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|30
|Orio-Perseus Gap
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|[[Perseus Arm]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-4160/0/-960 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|31
|The Orion Spur
 
 
|[[Formidine Rift]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/2180/0/800 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|32
|The Orion Spur Shallows
 
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|[[Vulcan Gate]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/17740/0/2570 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|33
|The Outer Arm Rift
 
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|[[Elysian Shore]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-29650/0/28640 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|34
|The Outer Arm Vacuus
 
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|[[Sanguineous Rim]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/0/0/-12820 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|35
|The Perseus Crags
 
 
|[[Outer Orion Spur]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-23220/0/12240 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|36
|The Perseus Fade
 
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|[[Achilles's Altar]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/22140/0/-5520 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|37
|The Perseus Transit
 
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|[[Xibalba]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/11400/0/-3620 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|38
|Perseus Stem
 
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|[[Lyra's Song]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/730/0/36190 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|39
|Sagittarius Gap
 
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|[[Tenebrae]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/1470/0/3010 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|40
|The Scar
 
 
|[[The Abyss]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/-22830/0/26005 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|41
|Scutum-Sagittarii Conflux
 
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|[[Kepler's Crest]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/-3280/0/9620 View]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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|42
|Silentium
 
 
|[[The Void]]
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/18480/0/57400 View]
 
|-
 
|The Sidereal Wall
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-250/0/15140 View]
 
|-
 
|The Solitude Void
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/3660/0/63600 View]
 
|-
 
|Styx
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/1430/0/45370 View]
 
|-
 
|Tenebris
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/33620/0/21700 View]
 
|-
 
|The Torment
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/14610/0/32310 View]
 
|-
 
|The Tyros Ridge
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/17350/0/48600 View]
 
|-
 
|The Vela Molecular Ridge
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/4750/0/-1310 View]
 
|-
 
|Vela Ultima Complex
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/20270/0/-1210 View]
 
|-
 
|Via Maris
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-13430/0/640 View]
 
|-
 
|Viatori Patuit
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#5/28460/0/44280 View]
 
|-
 
|Wagar's Reach
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-29190/0/32690 View]
 
|-
 
|Watkuweis
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/11635/0/34290 View]
 
|-
 
|The Wayfarers Graveyard
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#7/-3255/0/-3460 View]
 
|-
 
|Western Neutron Fields
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-5330/0/25320 View]
 
|-
 
|Zephyrus
 
|[https://www.edsm.net/galactic-mapping#6/-20790/0/41240 View]
 
 
|}
 
|}
   
== Project ==
 
 
[[File:Elite_Dangerous_-_The_Galactic_Mapping_Project_-_The_Galaxy_Revealed|right|250px]]The regional maps have been a work in progress since the mapping project began back in February 2015. Little by little, as explorers and pioneers traversed the depths of space, they submitted data of their travels to the mapping project to help gradually build up a picture of the galaxy, and over time these player-submitted regions were pieced together.
 
 
Hundreds of people helped as intrepid explorers, pioneers who named unseen regions of space that no [[human]] had travelled to before. It represents a monumental and successful undertaking by the community that benefits a huge number of players. Special thanks goes to the [https://inara.cz/wing/974 Rock Rats], [http://canonn.science/ Canonn] and [http://www.firstgreatexpedition.org/ The First Great Expedition].
 
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
<references />
 
<references />
   
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== External Links ==
 
*[https://www.edsm.net/en/galactic-mapping EDSM interactive galaxy map]
 
[[Category:Guides]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]
 
[[Category:Galaxy]]
 
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[[Category:Galactic region]]

Revision as of 07:42, 5 May 2019

Galactic Regions are astrographical subdivisions of the Milky Way galaxy that were established by Universal Cartographics in December 3304 to aid in navigation, exploration, and the organization of Codex discoveries. There are a total of 42 Galactic Regions.[1] The two most important regions with respect to humanity are the Inner Orion Spur, which contains Sol and the vast majority of human civilization within the Core Systems, and the Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm, which contains Colonia and the Colonia Region.

Galactic Regions

Galactic Regions overlaid on a map of the galaxy
Map Number Region Name
1 Galactic Centre
2 Empyrean Straits
3 Ryker's Hope
4 Odin's Hold
5 Norma Arm
6 Arcadian Stream
7 Izanami
8 Inner Orion-Perseus Conflux
9 Inner Scutum-Centaurus Arm
10 Norma Expanse
11 Trojan Belt
12 The Veils
13 Newton's Vault
14 The Conduit
15 Outer Orion-Perseus Conflux
16 Orion-Cygnus Arm
17 Temple
18 Inner Orion Spur
19 Hawking's Gap
20 Dryman's Point
21 Sagittarius-Carina Arm
22 Mare Somnia
23 Acheron
24 Formorian Frontier
25 Hieronymus Delta
26 Outer Scutum-Centaurus Arm
27 Outer Arm
28 Aquila's Halo
29 Errant Marches
30 Perseus Arm
31 Formidine Rift
32 Vulcan Gate
33 Elysian Shore
34 Sanguineous Rim
35 Outer Orion Spur
36 Achilles's Altar
37 Xibalba
38 Lyra's Song
39 Tenebrae
40 The Abyss
41 Kepler's Crest
42 The Void

References

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