Fictional lost city in "The Call of Cthulhu"
The location of R'lyeh given by Lovecraft was 47°9′S 126°43′W / 47.150°S 126.717°W / -47.150; -126.717 in the southern Pacific Ocean. August Derleth placed it at about 49°51′S 128°34′W / 49.850°S 128.567°W / -49.850; -128.567. Both locations are close to the Pacific pole of inaccessibility or "Nemo" point, 48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W / 48.8767°S 123.3933°W / -48.8767; -123.3933, a point in the ocean farthest from any land mass.
R'lyeh is a fictional lost city that was first mentioned in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Call of Cthulhu", first published in Weird Tales in February 1928.[1] R'lyeh is a sunken city in the South Pacific and the prison of the entity called Cthulhu.
