Helicarrier (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise features many fictional elements including locations, weapons, and artifacts. While many of these features are based on elements that originally appeared in the American comic books published by Marvel Comics, some features were created specifically for the MCU.

Locations

Earth

* The , also known as the New Avengers Facility, is the primary base of operations of the Avengers in Upstate New York following the Battle of Sokovia. Originally a warehouse owned by Stark Industries used to store equipment, it is transformed into the new headquarters of the Avengers in 2015 before being destroyed by an alternate version of Thanos in 2023, with its ruins serving as the battleground for the subsequent Battle of Earth. The interior of the facility was digitally created by Method Studios in '' Avengers: Age of Ultron''. Porsche's headquarters at Aerotropolis Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia doubled as the compound in '' Captain America: Civil War'' and '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', with Trixter completely redesigning the facility for its appearance in ''Homecoming''.
* (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name), formerly known as Stark Tower, is a skyscraper located in Manhattan, New York City. The building is originally owned by Stark Industries before serving as the headquarters of the Avengers until the Battle of Sokovia. Tony Stark later sells the building to an unnamed buyer, whose identity remains unknown as of '' Hawkeye''. Destroyed versions of the building are seen in the Void as well as an alternate reality where Ultron defeats the Avengers. ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' production designer Charles Wood built an enormous set for the film, one of the largest sets ever built for an MCU film, which featured multiple connected environments and levels.

* is an antique shop in Brooklyn, New York which served as a front for the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR), where Dr. Abraham Erskine and Howard Stark worked on Project Rebirth. In 1943, Steve Rogers is selected to be injected with Erskine's Super Soldier Serum, but Hydra mole Heinz Kruger kills Erskine before attempting to escape from the shop. In 2010, the car chase scene in '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' was filmed on Dale Street in the Northern Quarter. Producers chose Manchester because of its resemblance to 1940s New York City with its high buildings dating from pre-WW2 and the site is a shortlisted UNESCO world heritage site.
* is a military training facility located in Wheaton, New Jersey formerly belonging to the United States Army which also acts as one of the bases of the Strategic Scientific Reserve during World War II. Following the war, it is taken over by S.H.I.E.L.D., with Howard Stark and Hank Pym performing research there while Arnim Zola secretly uploads his consciousness into a series of computers. The compound is destroyed in 2014 by a S.H.I.E.L.D. missile sent by Hydra. By 2024, it is rebuilt and hosts the first New Jersey AvengerCon, attended by Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel and her best friend Bruno.
* , also known as the "safe house", is the private residence of Clint Barton and his family. It is where the Avengers take refuge after an incident in Johannesburg involving collateral damage caused by the Hulk. Barton later agrees to spend a period of time under house arrest there following his actions in the Avengers Civil War, during which his family falls victim to the Blip. After the Blip, Barton brings Kate Bishop to the farmhouse to celebrate Christmas with his family.
* is a university in Willowdale, West Virginia. Some notable former students include Jane Foster, Roger Harrington, and Darcy Lewis, while some notable former faculty include Bruce Banner, Betty Ross, and Erik Selvig. Action sequences set at the university in ''The Incredible Hulk'' were filmed at the University of Toronto and Morningside Park.
* The (based on the Golden Daggers sect from the Marvel Comics) is an underground fight club located in Macau. The club was founded by Xialing when she was sixteen years old after running away from the Ten Rings organization. The club makes its income from livestreaming its fights onto the dark web, with several of its participants having included Black Widows, Extremis soldiers, Emil Blonsky, and Wong. Shang-Chi is tricked into visiting the club by Wenwu, who raids the club with his men to capture his children and Katy.
* is a city in Afghanistan and the hometown of Ho Yinsen. In 2011, following numerous terrorist attacks by the Ten Rings, Tony Stark dons his newly-built Iron Man Mark III armor and flies to the town, where he kills several terrorists and destroys an arsenal of Jericho Missiles nearby. Stark then leaves the town and begins flying back to the United States, but is intercepted by two F-22 Raptors sent by the U.S. Air Force. At the same time, James Rhodes calls Stark and informs him of the incident in Gulmira. Stark initially denies his involvement, claiming that he was "driving with the top down", but later confesses that he was wearing the Iron Man armor before narrowly escaping, prompting Rhodes to announce to the public that the incident was a "training exercise".
* The is the main headquarters of Hammer Industries, located in Queens, New York. In 2011, Justin Hammer invites Ivan Vanko to the base, hoping to work with him in order to take down his rival Tony Stark. Natasha Romanoff and Happy Hogan later infiltrate the headquarters and take down several guards. The SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California served as the set for the facility in ''Iron Man 2''.

* The in Sokovia is a research facility operated by Hydra, where Wanda and Pietro Maximoff were experimented on by Hydra and exposed to the Mind Stone, which amplified Wanda's magical powers and granted Pietro superhuman abilities. Scenes set in the facility in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' were filmed at Fort Bard in Bard, Italy, as well as Dover Castle in Dover, Kent, England.
* The is a top secret research facility used by S.H.I.E.L.D. and NASA to study the Tesseract as part of Project Pegasus. In 1995, Carol Danvers and Nick Fury infiltrate the base and discover Danvers' involvement testing an experimental light-speed engine powered by the Tesseract designed by Dr. Wendy Lawson. It is eventually destroyed in 2012 by the energy emitted by the Tesseract after Loki's arrival at the facility.
* (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) in Kathmandu, Nepal is the main headquarters of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. It is visited by Stephen Strange in search for a cure for his hands after they were severely injured by a car accident. Its libraries contain many books on the mystic arts, including the Book of Cagliostro, ''Maxim's Primer'', ''Book of the Invisible Sun'', ''Codex imperium'', ''Astronomia nova'', and ''The Key of Solomon''. The location of Kamar-Taj was changed from Tibet to Nepal to prevent censorship by the Chinese government. For '' Doctor Strange'', the interior of the building was constructed at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England before being integrated into a real building in Kathmandu.
* (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) is an island city-state in the Indonesian archipelago that is controlled by the Power Broker, and inhabited by several criminals. Sharon Carter is revealed to have been living luxuriously there as a dealer in stolen art since the Sokovia Accords, afraid to go back to the U.S. for fear of arrest. The island is divided into two parts, the wealthy Hightown and the deprived Lowtown.
* The (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) is a STEM-focused high school in Queens, New York City. Its students include Peter Parker, Ned Leeds, Michelle Jones-Watson, Flash Thompson, Betty Brant, Jason Ionello, Liz, Cindy Moon, Seymour O'Reilly, Tiny McKeever, Charles Murphy, Abe Brown, Sally Avril, Brad Davis, Zach Cooper, and Josh Scarino. Faculty includes Roger Harrington, Coach Wilson, Mr. Cobbwell, Monica Warren, Barry Hapgood, and Julius Dell. The school's principal is Principal Morita, who is shown to be a descendant of Howling Commandos member Jim Morita. Henry W. Grady High School in Atlanta, Van Nuys High School and Reseda High School in Los Angeles, as well as Franklin K. Lane High School in Brooklyn doubled as the school in ''Spider-Man: Homecoming''. In order to change the setting from the Atlanta set to Queens, Trixter created a CGI model of the school and added 360-degree matte paintings.
* (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name), is a mountain which holds the power of the ''Darkhold'' and features a shrine dedicated to the Scarlet Witch. After the ''Darkhold'' is destroyed. Wanda Maximoff forces Wong to lead her to Wundagore, allowing her to dream-walk into the body of her Earth-838 self and be with that universe's versions of Billy and Tommy. After seeing Billy and Tommy recoiling in horror at her corruption, she uses her powers to bring down Wundagore, seemingly sacrificing herself in the process.
* , formerly Tønsberg, is a village in Norway which housed the Tesseract for centuries until Johann Schmidt stole it during World War II. The town is also where Odin resides in his final days after being banished by Loki. Following the Blip, the town is renamed New Asgard and serves as a refuge for the surviving Asgardians and other inhabitants of the Nine Realms.

* The (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) in Greenwich Village, New York City is one of the three Sanctum Sanctorums on Earth. Located on 177A Bleecker Street, it is used by the Masters of the Mystic Arts to store various relics and serves as one of their bases, formerly guarded by Daniel Drumm until he is replaced by Stephen Strange following his death. In 2017, Strange detains Loki and invites Thor to the Sanctum, directing him to his father Odin. One year later, following his escape from the '' Statesman'', Bruce Banner crash lands in the New York Sanctum and letter Strange and Tony Stark about the threat of Thanos. Following the Blip, the Sanctum becomes covered in snow. A set for the building was constructed at Longcross Studios in Surrey, England for ''Doctor Strange'', which was also used in '' Thor: Ragnarok'' before it was demolished.
* is a town in New Mexico where astrophysicist Jane Foster, her intern Darcy Lewis, and her mentor Erik Selvig were studying atmospheric disturbances when they encounter Thor arriving via the Bifröst. Upon learning of Mjölnir's location nearby, Thor storms the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility surrounding the hammer before being arrested by Phil Coulson. Later, following the arrival of Sif and the Warriors Three, the town becomes the battleground for a fight between Thor and the Destroyer, who had been sent by his brother Loki. Cerro Pelon Ranch in Galisteo, New Mexico doubled as the city in ''Thor'', which was extensively modified for the film.
* The is the main headquarters of Pym Technologies, located on Treasure Island, San Francisco. It is destroyed by Scott Lang during his fight with Darren Cross. The State Archives building in Downtown Atlanta doubled as the building in ''Ant-Man''.
* The (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) is a maximum security prison, with Thaddeus Ross serving as warden. Sam Wilson, Wanda Maximoff, Clint Barton, and Scott Lang are remanded to the prison after helping Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes evade capture, thus violating the Sokovia Accords. However, they are later broken out by Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff, though Barton and Lang wished to return to their families under house arrest. In 2018, Trish Walker and Willis Stryker are imprisoned in the Raft after going on respective killing sprees. In 2024, days following his escape from a prison in Berlin, the Dora Milaje of Wakanda detain Helmut Zemo to the Raft via the Royal Talon Fighter. Designed to hold super-powered individuals, the prison is located deep in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

* The is a large aerial facility which acted as the primary base of the program of the same name, led by General Dreykov. It is also the site where Black Widows are brainwashed and trained to become elite assassins. It is destroyed in 2016 after Melina Vostokoff took down one of its engines. Visual effects for the facility in '' Black Widow'' were provided by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Digital Domain, who also worked on the final battle and skydiving sequences. Digital Domain referenced Soviet-era architecture, such as the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, when designing the Red Room, while the filmmakers hired military consultants to ensure the practicality of the facility.
* is a town in Tennessee where Tony Stark is forced to stay in after his armor ran out of power. It is also the hometown of Harley Keener, a child who aided Stark in repairing his suit and later attended his funeral. The fictional town is named after the city of the same name in North Carolina where portions of ''Iron Man 3'' were filmed.

* is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Slovakia and the Czech Republic. It is the home of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, as well as Helmut Zemo. The United States initiated a bombing campaign against the country to stabilize and secure peace with Stark Industries-manufactured bombs, killing Wanda and Pietro Maximoff's parents. Additionally, Mary Walker and her U.S. Army squad were ambushed by the Sokovian Armed Forces, with almost all of them murdered. During the Hydra Uprising, Hydra sets up a research facility in Sokovia, where they conduct experiments on the Maximoff twins using Loki's scepter. The country later serves as the battleground for a conflict between the Avengers and Ultron, which results in the destruction of the country's capital city, Novi Grad, as well as the ratification of the Sokovia Accords. The country is annexed by the surrounding countries soon after. Scenes set in the city were filmed in the Aosta Valley region in Italy in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'', in which local storefronts were replaced with Cyrillic script. Hendon Police College, a training facility for London's Metropolitan Police Service was also used to portray a city in Sokovia.
* The is the residence of Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, and their daughter, Morgan Stark. Located in the countryside of Upstate New York, it is built by Tony Stark shortly after his marriage with Potts, and he lived there until his death in 2023. His funeral is also held in front of his residence.
* The , also known as the World Exposition of Tomorrow, is an exposition located at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. Started by Tony Stark's father, Howard, it brings together great minds and showcases new technology. Past attendees include Phineas Horton (showcasing his Synthetic Man) and Peter Parker.

* The is the private residence of Tony Stark, located at 10880 Malibu Point, Malibu, California. It is destroyed by Aldrich Killian (posing as the Mandarin) in a missile attack. The mansion's exterior shots in '' Iron Man'' were digitally added to footage of Point Dume in Malibu, while its interior shots were filmed at soundstages in Playa Vista, Los Angeles.
* (based on Atlantis and Tlālōcān from Aztec mythology) is an underwater kingdom in the Atlantic Ocean ruled by Namor that is populated by the Talokanil located in the Gulf of Mexico.
* The is the main base of operations of the Ten Rings criminal organization, located on an unknown mountaintop in China. The compound was founded a thousand years ago by Wenwu during his early years as a warlord, and also served as his personal retreat for him and his family, with Shang-Chi and Xialing having spent their childhoods there. The compound includes a throne room, training grounds for its warriors, a library housed with relics of Ta Lo, a dungeon, and an underground parking lot. After Xialing assumes leadership of the Ten Rings, she redecorates the compound with graffiti reminiscent of her Golden Dagger Club.

* The (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name) is a compound located on Little Island south of the Theodore Roosevelt Island at the foot of the Roosevelt Bridge which acted as the main base of operations for S.H.I.E.L.D.. The base is taken over by Hydra during their uprising from within S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to use three weaponized Helicarriers to kill people they deem to be threats. It is later destroyed by a disabled Helicarrier. While most shots of Washington, D.C. in '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' were digitally created due to numerous flight restrictions in the city, aerial footage of the city was used for live-action plate photography for shots which involved the Triskelion.
* Wakanda (based on the Marvel Comics location of the same name), officially the Kingdom of Wakanda, is a highly advanced African nation that formerly posed as a struggling third world country before it is opened up to the world by T'Challa. Its capital city is Birnin Zana, also known as the Golden City. The main language is Xhosa, though its civilians also speak English. It consists of lush river valleys, mountain ranges rich in natural resources, and a capital city that integrates space-age technology with traditional designs. Wakanda consists of six tribes: the Golden Tribe, the River Tribe, the Mining Tribe, the Merchant Tribe, the Border Tribe, and the Jabari Tribe. The country has been noted for its Afrofuturism, with the country cited as a possible example of how African nations might have developed in the absence of European colonialism.
* is a town in New Jersey. Prior to the Blip, a plot of land in the town is purchased by the Vision and Wanda Maximoff, but the Vision is killed soon after by Thanos. When Maximoff arrives at the plot of land, she inadvertently creates an anomaly around the town, placing almost all of its inhabitants under mind control, transforming objects on a molecular level, and broadcasting a sitcom titled ''WandaVision''. Dubbed "the Hex" by Darcy Lewis, Monica Rambeau gains superhuman abilities after passing through the barrier three times, while simulacrums of Billy Maximoff, Tommy Maximoff, and the Vision are created. When Agatha Harkness attacks Maximoff, she destroys the boundary, the residents escape, and Wanda's children and Vision disintegrate. The town was named as a reference to Feige's hometown of Westfield, New Jersey

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