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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Filming Locations

2007 Movie

Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, Hector Barbossa, and the crew of the Black Pearl try and rescue Jack from davy jones locker and prepare to fight Lord Cutler Beckett, who controls Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman.

Filming Locations Map 25 locations

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Bonneville Salt Flats, Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway, Wendover, Tooele County, Utah, 89883, United States of America
Scene: (Davy Jones' Locker)
Hurricane Platform, City of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, 14302, United States of America
📍 Buffalo filming locations
USAF Plant 42 / Palmdale Regional Airport, 20th Street East, Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, 93535, United States of America
Scene: (climactic ocean battle scene)

The third Pirates film sails to the ends of the earth – and filmed its otherworldly seas in surprising real places, turning the blinding white Bonneville Salt Flats into Davy Jones’ Locker and Hawaii’s coasts into the Caribbean.

Where was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End filmed?

At World’s End was filmed in Hawaii, the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and California, with Caribbean and studio work.

Every At World’s End location, explained

1

Davy Jones’ Locker – the Bonneville Salt Flats

The blinding white void of Davy Jones’ Locker used the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah – a ship stranded in a salt desert.

2

The Caribbean – Hawaii

The tropical island and ocean scenes used the coasts of Hawaii, around Maui.

3

The ocean battle – Palmdale

The climactic maelstrom battle used studio and airfield facilities at Palmdale, California.

4

California dunes and coast

The film used California dunes and coastline for further scenes.

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The Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah are an otherworldly, accessible landscape – the real Davy Jones’ Locker – and Hawaii’s coasts supplied the Caribbean glamour.

At World's End Fun Facts

1
Davy Jones' Locker is a salt flat The blinding white afterlife was filmed on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
2
Hawaii plays the Caribbean The tropical scenes used the coasts of Hawaii.
3
A vast maelstrom The climactic whirlpool battle was a huge special-effects and studio undertaking.
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Keith Richards cameos Rolling Stone Keith Richards appears as Jack Sparrow’s father.
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An epic finale The film concluded the original Pirates trilogy.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where was Davy Jones' Locker filmed?
On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
Where were the Caribbean scenes filmed?
On the coasts of Hawaii, around Maui.
Can you visit the locations?
Yes – the Bonneville Salt Flats and Hawaii are both accessible.
Who cameos as Jack's father?
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.
Who directed At World's End?
Gore Verbinski.