Mountains of Mordor - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lindolirian · 01-31-2002, 04:46 PM

Has any one else noticed how conviently located the Mountains of Mordor are? I have thought that were once the coasts of the Inland Sea of Helcar, but the coast line and the mountains don't match up. Also I read in Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle Earth, that the Udun is an exploded volcano, hence the round mountain surrounded place. But the rest of the bordering mountains (Ered Lithui and Ephel Duath) the the mountains are extremely box shaped. Any ideas?

[ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Lindolirian ]

01-31-2002, 04:46 PM	#1
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Mountains of Mordor Has any one else noticed how conviently located the Mountains of Mordor are? I have thought that were once the coasts of the Inland Sea of Helcar, but the coast line and the mountains don't match up. Also I read in Karen Wynn Fonstad's The Atlas of Middle Earth, that the Udun is an exploded volcano, hence the round mountain surrounded place. But the rest of the bordering mountains (Ered Lithui and Ephel Duath) the the mountains are extremely box shaped. Any ideas? [ August 05, 2003: Message edited by: Lindolirian ] __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."