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Location
An ocean dividing Aman in the west from Middle-earth in the east
Bays and gulfs
Bay of Balar, Bay of Belfalas, Forochel, Great Gulf, Gulf of Lune, Haven of Umbar
Islands
Enchanted Isles, Himling, Isle of Balar, Isle of Meneltarma, Númenor, Shadowy Isles, Tol Morwen, Tolfalas
Other names
Belegaer, Great Sea, Great Water, High Sea, Water, Western Sea
Titles
The Shoreless

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Sundering Seas

The trackless oceans that sundered Aman from Middle-earth

Map of the Sundering Seas
The northern parts of the Sundering Seas (somewhat conjectural)1
The northern parts of the Sundering Seas (somewhat conjectural)1

The wide seas that lay between Aman in the west and Middle-earth in the east; a name for the ocean Belegaer and its lesser seas.


Notes

1

For details about the source of this map, see note 2 to the entry for Belegaer.

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