by Olaus Magnus, with a "monster, seen in 1537", a whale, and an orca nearby.]] Thule (also Thula, Thyle, Thylee, Thile, Thila, Tile, Tila, Tilla, Tyle, or Tylen?being ????? in Greek) is in Classical sources a place, usually an island. Ancient European descriptions and maps locate it either in the far north, often northern Great Britain, possibly the Orkneys or Shetland Islands, or Scandinavia, or, in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, in the west and north, often Iceland or Greenland. Another suggested location is Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea.[LINK: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/10/travel/trsaar.php] "Change is docking at Estonian island", International Herald Tribune, October 11, 2005. Ultima Thule in medieval geographies may also denote any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world." Some people use Ultima Thule

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