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Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Where Godzilla vs. Kong says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Most of the places in Godzilla vs. Kong are not on any map: a storm dome, a hollow world, and a Hong Kong that was mostly built on computers.

Scenes and places

The storm-bound dome on Skull Island

Ilene Andrews watches the dome's defences weaken and fears the storm will swallow the island. She still rejects moving Kong, certain Godzilla would come for him once he leaves.

Set in Monarch dome, Skull Island — A giant Monarch dome holds Kong on an island under a perpetual storm.

A fictional island under a perpetual storm, sealed inside a Monarch dome.

Godzilla hits the Apex facility in Pensacola

Bernie Hayes, an Apex employee and conspiracy podcaster, copies data about Apex's secret activities. Godzilla attacks mid-download, and Bernie stumbles onto a huge device emitting a beacon.

Set in Apex Cybernetics facility, Pensacola — Apex's Pensacola facility, where a whistleblower is downloading data when Godzilla attacks (coordinates are the city's, not the facility's).

A corporate facility in a real Florida city, shown as Apex's US base.

The Navy convoy carrying Kong

Lind and Andrews sail with Kong, sedated and chained on a barge, toward an Antarctic entrance to the Hollow Earth. Godzilla attacks the convoy and defeats Kong.

Set in Navy-escorted barge at sea — A barge carries a sedated, restrained Kong across the ocean under US Navy escort.

Open water somewhere between Skull Island and Antarctica; the film gives no fixed spot.

Filmed at USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor — Wikipedia says the crew filmed on the USS Missouri in Hawaii; the article does not say which scene, so the link to the barge is not confirmed.

How to get there:

The hyperloop ride to Hong Kong

Bernie, Madison and Josh sneak into the wrecked base, find a secret underground facility, and get locked into a transport pod. It carries them to Apex's Hong Kong headquarters.

Set in Apex hyperloop line — A hyperloop shipping line runs from the Pensacola base to Hong Kong.

A fictional underground transport line, shown only inside the pod.

The entrance to the Hollow Earth in Antarctica

Kong is airlifted to the entrance and the team follows him in aboard the HEAVs, craft built to survive the gravity inversion that killed Lind's brother.

Set in Hollow Earth entrance, Antarctica — A tunnel entrance in Antarctica leading into the Hollow Earth.

A fictional Antarctic entrance; no real site is named in the sources.

Inside the Hollow Earth

Kong leads the team through a land that looks like Skull Island. In his species' throne room they find remains of an old war and a glowing axe, and the Apex team finds the power source.

Set in The Hollow Earth — A world inside the planet with an ecosystem like Skull Island's. Weta built it entirely in CG.

A fictional inner world, entirely visual effects.

Apex headquarters in Hong Kong

Bernie, Madison and Josh find a Mechagodzilla test, piloted by Ren Serizawa through neural links to Ghidorah's severed head. Walter plans to use the Hollow Earth's energy to fix its power limits.

Set in Apex headquarters, Hong Kong — Apex's Hong Kong base (coordinates are Central district's centre, not the building's).

Apex's Hong Kong base; the film's director names Hong Kong as one of the last shooting locations.

Filmed at Hong Kong (final shooting location) — Director Wingard said on Instagram that Hong Kong was one of the final shooting locations; no specific site is given.

How to get there:

The Hong Kong showdown

Attracted by Mechagodzilla's activation, Godzilla arrives in Hong Kong. Kong, with Andrews, Jia and Lind, rises through a hole in the earth and fights him.

Set in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong — The harbour district where Godzilla and Kong fight (a point near Victoria Harbour, not a surveyed location).

Hong Kong's harbour waterfront, mostly built from CG.

Filmed at Manoa Falls, Honolulu — Scene not stated

Filmed at Downtown Honolulu — Scene not stated

Filmed at Village Roadshow Studios, Gold Coast — Studio sets; scene not stated

Filmed at Miami State High School, Gold Coast — Scene not stated

Filmed at Newstead, Brisbane — Scene not stated

Characters

• Nathan Lind — A former Monarch scientist and Hollow Earth theorist who leads the expedition.
• Ilene Andrews — The Kong expert who raised the deaf Iwi girl Jia and refuses to put Kong at risk.
• Bernie Hayes — An Apex employee who hosts a Titan conspiracy podcast.
• Madison Russell — A listener of Bernie's podcast who investigates Godzilla's attacks with her friend Josh.
• Josh Valentine — Madison's friend, who joins her investigation.
• Kong — The giant ape held in a dome on Skull Island.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Navy convoy carrying Kong really filmed?
• Was the Hong Kong fight in Godzilla vs. Kong filmed in Hong Kong?