A port city in Orgoreyn directly across the gulf from Karhide.
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Shelt Term Timeline in The Left Hand of Darkness
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Chapter 6
...the next morning. He is weak but tries to walk toward the nearby town of Shelt. He collapses in the street, is found, and transported to a hospital some time later....
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