Dates

Founded c. II 1000; under Gondorian control between II 3441 and c. III 1980; Sauron finally ejected in III 3019

Location

Directly to the east of Gondor

Settlements

Ruled from the Dark Tower of Barad-dûr, but contained numerous other fortresses, including Carchost, Durthang, Narchost and the Tower of Cirith Ungol; Minas Morgul stood on its borders beyond the mountains of Ephel Dúath

Important peaks

Orodruin, commonly called Mount Doom

Other names

The Black Country, The Dark Country, The Dark Land, Land of Shadow, Mordor, The Nameless Land

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Black Land

Mordor

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

Map of the Black Land

A name for Mordor, of which it is a literal translation.

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