An occasional name used for Sauron's fortified country of Mordor. In fact 'Dark Land' is a possible interpretation of the name Mordor, though the alternative 'Black Land' is used much more frequently.
On at least one early map of Arda, a great southern continent appears labelled 'Dark Land'. This region is not otherwise mentioned, and is unrelated to the Dark Land mentioned in The Lord of the Rings.
See also...
Ash Mountains, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Black Years, Briar, Cirith Dúath, Dark Lord, Dark Plague, Elves of Eregion, Evil Eye, Eye of Mordor, Gollum, Gondorians, Haunted Pass, Haven of Umbar, High Nazgûl, [See the full list...]High Pass, Lake Núrnen, Land of Shadow, Lord of the Nazgûl, Mere of Dead Faces, Mountains of Shadow, Nameless Enemy, Nameless Land, Nameless Pass, Orcs of the Eye, Rings of Power, River Anduin, Sleepless Dead, Stairs of Cirith Ungol, The Questioner, Tower-gate, Udûn, Valley of Living Death, War of the Last Alliance, Wraith-king, Wraith-lord
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