Talk:East and West Lakes/@comment-149.4.108.4-20111122213518/@comment-5179242-20120803165939

Very true! But please do note that most of the locations seen in ATLA have real-world inspirations too. The geography of the Fire Nation was derived from that of Iceland. Basically, they tried to imagine what that country would look like in the tropics, melting away all the snow and ice. It ended up resembling Japan and Hawai'i a bit. The creators had traveled to Iceland as well.