Where was 2001: A Space Odyssey filmed?
1968 film by Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was filmed in Monument Valley and Harris — 2 recorded filming locations in the United States, the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
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Filming locations
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Monument Valley
🇺🇸 United States
basin of the Colorado Plateau on the Arizona–Utah border in the western United States
“The live-action landscape shots were filmed in the Hebridean islands, the mountains of northern Scotland, and Monument Valley.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Harris
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
southern part of the Scottish island Lewis and Harris
Also per Wikipedia's article
The article names 5 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Shepperton Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
film studio, special effects studios and pre- and post-production centre
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🏙 Towns & cities
Borehamwood
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Hertfordshire, England, UK
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🏙 Towns & cities
Shepperton
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
town in Surrey, England, UK
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Spitzkoppe
🇳🇦 Namibia
mountain in Namibia
“The still photographs used as backgrounds for the Dawn of Man sequence were taken at the Spitzkoppe mountains in what was then South West Africa.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Hebrides
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Arizona, Namibia, Utah, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- Back to the Future Part III 1990
- The Eiger Sanction 1975
- A Clockwork Orange 1971
- Heart of Stone 2023
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does 2001: A Space Odyssey have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 5 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across 2 countries.
In which countries was 2001: A Space Odyssey filmed?
the United States and the United Kingdom.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
Back to the Future Part III (1990), The Eiger Sanction (1975), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Heart of Stone (2023), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.