Inner Seas

The Inner Seas was a large body of water in Arda located between the continents of Middle-earth and the Dark Land (South Land).

The sea was over 2500 miles from north to south and about 800 miles from east to west at its widest most point from continent to continent. The straits connecting the Inner Seas to the Eastern Sea in the north and the Belegaer (Great Sea) in the south were no more than 100 miles from continent to continent. It is not known whether these seas were calm or rough but all that can be conjectured is that they probably had both warm and cold currents, due to its proximity to the heats of the south and the darkness of the north.

History

Years of the Trees and First Age

The origins of the Inner Seas can be traced back to the changes in the overall symmetry of the world as a result of the destructive tumults caused by Melkor and the Valar's confrontations with him for the sake of the Children of Ilúvatar. Its present position and location between Middle-earth and Dark Land seem to date from the end of the Battle of the Powers at the conclusion of the Battle of the Powers. From that time on, the Inner Seas were joined with the East Sea and known by the same name.

Second Age and beyond

At the conclusion of the War of Wrath it became known as the Inner Seas. The island of Númenor was raised and its inhabitants became great mariners but with the Ban of the Valar, they could not sail into the furthermost west where the Undying Lands lay. This restricted them to what lies east. They sailed the Inner Seas exploring the whole of its latitudes. After the Change of the World and the Fall of Númenor, the Inner Seas may have remained intact though whether they were still known as the Inner Seas is not known.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Binnste See
Albanian	Dete i brendshëm
Amharic	ወደ ውስጥ ያሉ ባህሮች
Arabic	البحار الداخلية
Armenian	Ներքին ծովեր
Azerbaijani	Daxili dənizlər
Belarusian Cyrillic	Унутраныя моры
Bengali	অভ্যন্তরীণ সমুদ্র
Bosnian	Unutrašnja mora
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Вътрешни морета
Catalan	Mars Interiors
Croatian	Unutarnja morima
Czech	Vnitřní moře
Danish	De Indre Havområder
Dutch	Binnenzeeën
Esperanto	Internaj Maroj
Estonian	Sisemered
Filipino	Panloob na karagatan
Finnish	Sisämeret
French	Mers Intérieures
Georgian	შიდა ზღვები
German	Binnenmeere
Greek	Εσωτερικές Θάλασσες
Gujarati	આંતરિક સમુદ્રો
Hindi	भीतरी समुद्र
Hungarian	Belső-tengerek
Icelandic	Innri höfin
Indonesian	Laut-laut batin
Irish Gaelic	Farraigí intíre
Italian	Mari Interni
Japanese	内景海
Kannada	ಆಂತರಿಕ ಸಮುದ್ರಗಳು
Kazakh	Ішкі теңіздер (Cyrillic) Işki teñizder (Latin)
Korean	내해
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Ички деңиздер
Latvian	Iekšējās jūras
Lithuanian	Vidinės jūros
Luxembourgish	Bannenzeg Mierer
Macedonian Cyrillic	Внатрешни мориња
Marathi	अंतस्थ समुद्र
Mongolian Cyrillic	Өвөр тэнгисүүд
Norwegian	Innlandethavene
Pashto	داخلي سمندرونه
Persian	دریاهای داخلی
Polish	Morze Wewnętrzne
Portuguese	Mares Interiores
Punjabi	ਅੰਦਰੂਨੀ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ
Romanian	Mări Interioare
Russian	Внутренние моря
Scottish Gaelic	Cuantan a-staigh
Sindhi	اندرون سمنڊ
Sinhalese	අභ්‍යන්තර මුහුද
Slovak	Vnútorné more
Slovenian	Notranja morja
Spanish	Mares Interiores
Swahili	Bahari za ndani
Swedish	Inrehav
Tajik Cyrillic	Баҳрҳои дохилӣ
Tamil	உள்நாட்டு கடல்கள்
Tatar	Внутренние моря
Telugu	లోపలి సముద్రాలు
Thai	ทะเลด้านใน
Turkish	İç Denizler
Turkmen	Içki deňizler
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Внутрішні моря
Urdu	اندرون سمندر
Uyghur	ئىچكى قۇرۇقلۇق دېڭىز
Uzbek	Ички Денгизлар (Cyrillic) Ichki Dengizlar (Latin)
Vietnamese	Biển bên trong
Welsh	Moroedd Mewnol
Yiddish	ינלענדיש סיז