Mount Taprobane

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Mount Taprobane is a fictional, space-elevator-suitable mountain in Arthur C. Clarke’s science fiction novel "The Fountains of Paradise."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional location
fictional mountain
literary work setting
appearsIn The Fountains of Paradise NERFINISHED
associatedWithConcept geostationary orbit
orbital tower
space engineering
createdBy Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED
describedIn novel
firstPublishedInWorkYear 1979
genreContext science fiction
hasFeature equatorial location
structurally stable foundation
very high elevation
hasFictionalCounterpartOf real Sri Lankan mountain peaks
inspiredBy Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
locatedInFictional Taprobane NERFINISHED
medium prose literature
narrativeRole site of proposed space elevator
partOfFictionalWorld Taprobane in The Fountains of Paradise
suitableFor space elevator
usedToExploreTheme human progress
interaction of technology and religion
technological ambition

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The Fountains of Paradise mainLocation Mount Taprobane