When the colonists settled on Pern, most of them set up stakes throughout the Southern Continent.
Southern Continent[]
Jordan Province[]
The easternmost of the Ancient Provinces, Jordan took its name from the Jordan River, which made up the western border with Kahrain Province. All of the stakes were built along or near the river. The eastern regions of Jordan remained unsettled when the province was abandoned.
- 1. Landing
- 2. Monaco Bay Stake
- 3. Calusa Stake
- 4. Cambridge-on-Jordan Stake
- 5. Cardiff Stake
A hydroelectric power station and dam also existed at an unknown location along the Jordan River.
Kahrain Province[]
- 6. Oslo Stake
- 7. Amsterdam Stake
- 8. Bavaria Stake
- 9. Milan Stake
- 10. Bordeaux Stake
- 11. Vienna-on-Jordan Stake
- 12. Killarney Stake
Araby Province[]
Araby's appearance is known to have changed many times over the years; having «sparse ground cover» when first surveyed, changing some two hundred years later to a forested and waterlogged site, finally becoming a stony waste by the Ninth Pass. The majority of Araby Province is believed to have been alloted to several families of Tuareg ethnicity, who, like several other groups on Pern (the Romanies, and the Brennan, Foley and Moorhouse families of Kahrain Province) had no intention of setting up stakes; instead preferring to live a nomadic life and travel from camp site to camp site.
- 13. Tuareg Camps
- 14. Paradise River Stake
A small settlement linked to Paradise River reportedly existed alongside Caspian Lake, «courtesy» of the Ostrovsky family.
Cathay Province[]
- 15. Malay River Stake
- 16. Xanadu Stake
- 17. Mexico Stake on Maori Lake
Macedonia Province[]
Macedonia Province was the longest surviving province on the southern continent; even after Thessaly and Roma Stakes were abandoned by their owners, Stev Kimmer and Ito Fusaiyuki's family remained at their home in Honshu, outlasting the other settlements in the south which were gradually abandoned over time. In the end, they believed they were the only survivors, and were ultimately rescued and transported off Pern by a spaceship that retrieved the distress beacon sent by Ted Tubberman.
- 18. Sadrid Stake
- 19. Thessaly Stake
- 20. Roma Stake
- 21. Honshu Stake
Delta Province[]
- 22. Boca River Stake
- 23. Suweto Stake
- 24. Drake's Lake Stake
- 25. Yukon Stake
Dorado Province[]
- 26. Karachi Camp
- 27. Seminole Stake
- 28. Key Largo Stake
Ierne Island[]
- 29. Longwood Stake
- 30. Uppsala Stake
- 31. Orkney Stake
- 32. Lochahatchee Stake
Cibola Province[]
Northern Continent[]
- 33. Bitkim Camp