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Elenna was the island raised in the middle of Belegaer, the Great Sea, for the Edain of Beleriand.
It was too small to be a continent yet geographically was not part of any other region of Middle-
earth. The isle lay close to the Bay of Eldamar (in Aman) but I feel it deserves its own
description.

To the east of Endor lay two land-masses. I have named them Hyarmenor and Romenor,
although as far as I know Tolkien never used these names himself. Hyarmenor was originally
called "The Dark Lands" in a map published in THE SHAPING OF MIDDLE-EARTH (volume
IV of THE HISTORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH). Romenor was originally called "The Burnt
Lands of the Sun" or just "The Lands of the Sun". Both land-masses were visited by the
Numenoreans but apparently were never visited by either the Elves or the Dwarves. It is
conceivable, however, that Cirdan's mariners might have sailed east early in the Second Age,
preceding the Numenoreans, though Tolkien does not indicate such events ever occurred.




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Aman (The Undying Lands)
Of all the lands he described, Aman received the most attention with the least corresponding
detail. We know what kinds of lands existed there but not exactly where they were located. The
Eldar ranged through the lands, especially the western regions, and the accounts of Aman are
drawn from their traditions.

The continent proper was divided by a mountain range, the Pelori, which ran from the south to
the north in a sweeping arc which bulged toward the east. These mountains were raised by the
Valar to be a defense against Melkor, but he never attempted to assault the West.

The four major regions of Aman were Valinor, Eldamar, Araman, and Avathar. Of Avathar we
know nothing save only that for a time Ungoliant lived there, spinning webs of darkness. It may
be that after her departure and the rising of the Sun the Valar cleansed the land for the Eldar, but
Tolkien never indicated what became of the region.

Valinor
Valinor was the home of the Valar and their people, the Maiar. The Valar and Maiar were Ainur,
angelic beings who were not native to Middle-earth but who were charged with its shaping and
governance. Several of the Valar established a "country" in Valinor, but they also built a city
near the Pelori at about the middle latitude of the land. This was Valimar, where they established
a Ring of Doom, Mahanaxar. This was a circle of thrones where the Valar would sit in debate or
judgement.

Although it's difficult to place the regions of the individual Valar, Nienna's halls were said to be
"west of West, upon the borders of the world." This region would have been upon the shores of
Ekkaia, the Encircling Sea. Tolkien wrote that "the windows of her house look outward from the
walls of the world", so it may be Nienna's region was actually beyond Ekkaia, in a mountainous
land that originally was the westernmost region of the flat Arda (Arda before the Change of the
World). Mandos, the dwelling of Namo (the Doomsman of the Valar), was said to be close to