A Nazgûl on Ephel Dúath, by Eric Velhagen
The Ephel Dúath, also known as the Outer Fence or Mountains of Shadow, were a range of mountains making up Mordor’s western and southern borders.
Description[]
These mountains met the Ash Mountains at the Black Gate, sealing Mordor from the outside. In the northern reaches of the mountains on the east side lay the castle of Durthang, west of Udûn. The Morgul Vale, where the city of Minas Morgul stood, was a large valley, opening into the Morgul Pass. The Pass of Cirith Ungol bore secret access through the Ephel Dúath via the dangerous tunnels of Shelob. In the eastern section of the range layed the ridge of Morgai, that procted the road between Durthang and the Tower of Cirith Ungol.[1] The river Poros, as did the Morgulduin, flowed down out of the mountains to the Anduin, the river Harnen flowed down southwest when it bent west and sped to Belegaer, which it entered in a wide delta, and finally another unnamed tributary flowed into the Sea of Núrnen.[2]
The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad suggests that the Ephel Dúath formed as a result of a tectonic uplift caused by the cataclysms of the War of Wrath.[3]
Etymology[]
Ephel Dúath is Sindarin for 'Outer fences of dark shadow'.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Amharic | ዐፕሀል ዹኣጥ |
| Arabic | جبال الظل |
| Armenian | Եպհել Դւատհ ? |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Епhел Дуатh |
| Bengali | এফেল দুঅথ্ |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Епхел Дуатх |
| Catalan | Èphel Duath |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 伊菲爾杜斯 A.K.A. 黯影山脈 |
| Danish | Skyggebjergene |
| Georgian | ეფელ დუათი |
| Greek | Εφελ Ντουαθ |
| Gujarati | એપેલ ડુથ |
| Hebrew | אפל דואת |
| Hindi | एफेल दुअथ् |
| Hungarian | Árnyék-hegység A.K.A. Homály Kerítése |
| Japanese | エフェル・ドゥーアス |
| Kannada | ಎಫೆಲ್ ಡುವಾತ್ |
| Kazakh | Епһел Дұат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Эпhэл Дуат |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Епхел Дуат |
| Marathi | एपेल दुआथ |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Эпhэл Дуат |
| Nepalese | एफेल दुअथ् |
| Pashto | ېپهېل ضواته |
| Persian | هپههل دواته |
| Russian | Эфель Дуат |
| Sanskrit | एफेल् डुअथ् |
| Serbian | Епхел Дуат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ඒඵෙල් ඩුඅථ් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Епҳел Дуат |
| Tamil | ஏப்ஹெல் டுஅத்ஹ் |
| Telugu | ఏఫెల డుఅథ్ |
| Thai | เอเฟลดูอัธ |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Ефель-Дуат |
| Urdu | ایپہال دواٹہ |
| Uzbek | Епҳел Дуат (Cyrillic) Ephel Duat (Latin) |
| Yiddish | ײפּהעל דואַטה |
| Mountain Ranges of Arda |
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Ash Mountains |
Blue Mountains |
Echoriad |
Ephel Dúath |
Ered Gorgoroth |
Ered Lómin |
Ered Wethrin |
Grey Mountains (north) |
Grey Mountains (south) |
Iron Hills |
Iron Mountains | |
References[]
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "Mordor (and Adjacent Lands)"
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, "The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age" (map)
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "Introduction"