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Where is Waterloo?

Waterloo is in Belgium, Europe.

Waterloo is the dot in Belgium (gold); Belgium’s neighbours are lighter.
Type
Site in Belgium
Continent
Europe
Region
Low Countries
Belgium’s land borders
4: France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Coordinates
50.68° N, 4.41° E

About Waterloo

Napoleon met Wellington's Anglo-allied army and Blücher's Prussians on 18 June 1815; by nightfall the French had broken. Napoleon abdicated four days later and was sent to Saint Helena. The Lion's Mound was raised in 1826 from earth that flattened the ridge Wellington had defended.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 3 on 8 September 2026 (#7), hardest clue first:

  1. A battlefield south of a capital where a June 1815 afternoon ended a decade of European war.
  2. The defeated commander was exiled to a South Atlantic island.
  3. The victor is remembered in the name of a London railway station and a rubber boot.
  4. A 40-metre artificial mound topped with a lion marks where a Dutch prince was wounded.

Round 4 on 15 September 2026 (#14), hardest clue first:

  1. A battlefield south of a capital where a June 1815 afternoon ended a decade of European war.
  2. The defeated commander was exiled to a South Atlantic island.
  3. The victor is remembered in the name of a London railway station and a rubber boot.
  4. A 40-metre artificial mound topped with a lion marks where a Dutch prince was wounded.

Round 5 on 22 September 2026 (#21), hardest clue first:

  1. A battlefield south of a capital where a June 1815 afternoon ended a decade of European war.
  2. The defeated commander was exiled to a South Atlantic island.
  3. The victor is remembered in the name of a London railway station and a rubber boot.
  4. A 40-metre artificial mound topped with a lion marks where a Dutch prince was wounded.

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Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Battle of Waterloo. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.