<P> Ariel , a sixteen - year - old mermaid princess , is dissatisfied with underwater life in the kingdom of Atlantica , and is curious about the human world . With her best friend Flounder , Ariel collects human artifacts in her grotto , and often goes to the surface of the ocean to visit Scuttle , a seagull who offers very inaccurate knowledge of human culture . She ignores the warnings of her father King Triton , the ruler of Atlantica , and Sebastian , a crab who serves as Triton 's adviser and court composer , that contact between merpeople and humans is forbidden . </P>
<P> Ariel , a sixteen - year - old mermaid princess , is dissatisfied with underwater life in the kingdom of Atlantica , and is curious about the human world . With her best friend Flounder , Ariel collects human artifacts in her grotto , and often goes to the surface of the ocean to visit Scuttle , a seagull who offers very inaccurate knowledge of human culture . She ignores the warnings of her father King Triton , the ruler of Atlantica , and Sebastian , a crab who serves as Triton 's adviser and court composer , that contact between merpeople and humans is forbidden . </P>
the little mermaid where does it take place
the little mermaid where does it take place
kingdom of Atlantica
kingdom of Atlantica