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Dates
Númenor was founded II 32, and destroyed in the Downfall II 3319
Location
The inner, central regions of the island of Númenor
Race
Division
Culture
Settlements
Sources
Siril and Nunduinë, the two major rivers of Númenor, both rose within the Inlands
Important peaks
The Meneltarma, or Pillar of Heaven, stood near the centre of this region
Other names

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Inlands

The Mittalmar of Númenor

Regions of Númenor

The central region of Númenor, known as the Mittalmar to the inhabitants of that island realm. The Inlands were very approximately circular in shape, and had no shoreline except in the extreme east, where the port city of Rómenna stood on an inlet between the Orrostar and the Hyarrostar. In the centre of this region stood the Meneltarma, Númenor's Holy Mountain, and from a valley at its feet sprang the Siril, the greatest river of the island, which flowed southward through the Inlands.

The eastern quadrant of the Mittalmar was taken up by a region known as Arandor, the Kingsland, in which stood both Rómenna and the royal city of Armenelos. Outside this busy area, the Inlands were mainly a region of treeless grassland used for pasture. In the southwest lay a downland known as Emerië, where the White House of Erendis stood.


See also...

Sheep-lord

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