This seems to indicate that the Great Gulf is the Bay of Belfalas, assuming that its size in the First Age was comparable to its size in the Third. Many lesser bays were made between the Great Gulf and Helcaraxë far in the north, where Middle-earth and Aman came nigh together. In that time the shape of Middle-earth was changed, and the Great Sea that sundered it from Aman grew wide and deep and it broke in upon the coasts and made a deep gulf to the southward. ![]() In The Silmarillion we also read that, after the Battle of the Powers, which resulted in the first Chaining of Melkor: Indeed those colds linger still in that region, though they lie hardly more than a hundred leagues north of the Shire.įrom this it may be inferred that the remnants of Utumno are under the Icebay of Forochel, giving you another correspondence between the LotR maps and the tales of The Silmarillion. These are a strange, unfriendly people, remnant of the Forodwaith, Men of far-off days, accustomed to the bitter colds of the realm of Morgoth. The river in Lindon may be the remnants of the Gelion, and what's especially interesting is that if you examine the Beleriand map in The Silmarillion, you'll see that the westward protrusions of Ered Luin there (in the area of Mount Rerir/Lake Helevorn) correspond in shape to the same area in the map above (to the east of Himling).Īlso interesting is a hint of the location of Utumno, in Return of the King (note 25 to Appendix A, discussing "the Lossoth, the Snowmen of Forochel"): (so also Himling)ĬT confirms in a footnote that this "single sheet" was only discovered after he had written the Unfinished Tales note hence his original statement (now known to be incorrect). Taur na Fuin ( earlier name) became an island. ![]() Some way to the west of it was a larger island named Tol Fuin, which must be the highest part of Taur-nu-Fuin.Īlthough Christopher Tolkien notes that "the fact is nowhere referred to", it actually is in HoME 7: The Treason of Isengard, Chapter 6 "Council of Elrond (1)" text of "a single sheet of manuscript found in isolation" reads (in part): Himling was the earlier form of Himring (the great hill on which Maedhros son of Fëanor had his fortress in The Silmarillion), and though the fact is nowhere referred to it is clear that Himring's top rose above the waters that covered drowned Beleriand. To quote from CT's note regarding the Unfinished Tales redrawing: Here, the island of Himling corresponds to the hill of Himring in Beleriand, and Tol Fuin with the highlands of Dorthonion/Taur-nu-Fuin. This was drawn by CT from one of JRRT's working maps so it may be considered an accurate representation. ![]() To supplement Anver's answer, here is another map, sourced from History of Middle Earth 7: The Treason of Isengard, which contains an extended account of the first LotR map:
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