- Cities and buildings
- Fields, plains and deserts
- Forests
- Hills and mountains
- Islands and promontories
- Lands, realms and regions
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and oceans
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Location
Origins
Settlements
Numerous halls, mansions and fortresses; the city of the Valar was Valmar, and the Elves' most important cities were Tirion and Alqualondë
Important peaks
Taniquetil in the Pelóri
Passes
Other names
The Ancient West, Aman, The Blessed Realm, The Deathless Lands, The Far West, Otherworld, The Twilight, The Undying Lands, The Undying Realm, The Uttermost West, The West, West over Sea, West-that-was
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The West of the World (conjectural)
The lands west beyond the Great Sea. In the Uttermost West was Aman, the Blessed Realm of the Valar, and the lands and cities of the Elves. After the Downfall of Númenor, the West of the World became inaccessible to mortals (apart from a very few exceptions) and could only be reached by the Elves sailing the Straight Road. See also...Anar, Door of Night, Great Armament, Lamps of the Valar, Light in the West, Lords of the West, Lords of Valinor, Mountain Wall, Powers of Arda, Queen of Doriath, The Moon, The Twilight, Third Ring, Undying Realm, Uttermost West, [See the full list...] Indexes: About this entry:
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