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The island rose up out of the seas like a huge plateau, and only a few regions actually possessed
beaches or natural harbors. In some places the cliffs dropped 200 feet (about 61.5 meters) to the
sea. The three named bays were Romenna (the eastern bay), Eldanna (the large western bay), and
the Bay of Anduni├л (in the northwest). But the southern port of Nindamos (which lay along the
only beach-type shore) seems to have been situated along a third bay or "sea".

The two major rivers of Elenna were the Siril and the Ninduin├л, both of which rose near the
Meneltarma. Siril flowed south and entered the sea to the west of Nindamos. Ninduin├л flowed
west into the Bay of Eldanna on the south side of Eldalond├л, the fairest of the havens of
Numenor. The only lake Tolkien mentioned was the Nisinen, formed by the Ninduin├л just west
of Eldalond├л on the eastern border of the woodland called Nisimaldar.

Elenna was divided into six regions: Mittalmar, Orrostar, Forostar, Andustar, Hyarnustar, and
Hyarrostar.



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The Mittalmar (Inlands)
The Mittalmar was the central region and the most densely populated. The Meneltarma, the
central mountain of Elenna, was located in the heart of this region and the capitol city of
Armenelos was built at the mountain's feet. The easternmost region of Mittalmar was called
Arandor and it included Armenelos and Romenna. The only other region of Mittalmar to be
named was Emeri├л, which lay to the southwest of Meneltarma.

Mittalmar was mostly a flat grassland with few trees. The region was used largely for pasturing
herds and flocks. A majority of the people were drawn from the golden-haired Marachians of the
First Age (the House of Hador, from Dor-lomin).

The Orrostar (Northeast lands)
Orrostar was the northeastern region of Numenor. It was a cold region but the lands closest to
Arandor in Mittalmar were farmed (the Edain raised grains there). There is no mention of any
cities in the region.

The island Tol Uinen, which lay north of the haven of Romenna, may have been a part of
Arandor, but by looking at Karen Fonstad's map one gets the impression it lay closer to the
shores of Orrostar.

The Forostar (North lands)
Forostar was the northern region of Numenor, and the Edain mined the hills and mountains of
the region. Tar-Meneldur, the fifth King of Numenor, built a tower upon the mountain Sorontil
near the North Cape so that he could watch the stars. The chief (and perhaps only) city of the
region was Ondosto, which was probably associated with the stone quarries in the north.

The Andustar (West lands)
Andustar was the western region of Numenor. It was settled mostly by the B├лorians of the First