Ice Spikes and Ancient City in a Frozen Highland Start — Java 26.3

A snowy-slopes start with Ice Spikes about 192 blocks out and an Ancient City to the north-west.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on a snowy spawn marker, with markers for a ruined portal, igloo, ancient city, shipwreck and ocean monument spread across icy and forested terrain.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn -88, 40 Biome Snowy Slopes Structures 5
Ice SpikesAncient CityForestFrozen OceanGroveOceanPlainsSnowySnowy TaigaTaigaIglooOcean Monument
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Seed -2294820607039475434

Copy it into Minecraft 26.3 (Java).

Ice Spikes sit about 192 blocks from where you spawn on the Snowy Slopes, a rare biome within easy reach of a cold start. An Ancient City lies about 291 blocks north-west, and an Igloo stands about 261 blocks south-east. Snowy Plains and Grove are only about 64 blocks away, so the first stretch is open and easy to cross. The frozen ocean and a Shipwreck lie farther out to the south-east.

Structures near spawn
Ruined Portal ↘ SE 48, 112 154
Igloo ↘ SE 80, 240 261
Ancient City ↖ NW -240, -208 291
Shipwreck ↘ SE 112, 416 426
Ocean Monument ↘ SE 560, 672 905
💎 Diamonds, open to a cave ↖ NW -122, 15 Y -24 42
💎 Diamonds, dig down ↑ N -89, 36 Y -51 4
Biome mix near spawn
Forest 16%
Grove 12%
Cold Ocean 11%
Plains 10%
Frozen Ocean 10%
Snowy Plains 8%
River 5%